gary69
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To answer the question, the player is Jorg Heinrich, who moved from Dortmund to Fiorentina for the then record fee for German player.
After winning the BL title and CL with Dortmund during his two seasons there, off he went to Italy aged 28. But only stayed there for two seasons before coming back to Dortmund for quarter of the price Viola had paid. Maybe he was Trapattoni's choice (who had seen him when manager of Bayern Munich) and Fiorentina pushed for the Serie A title led by Batistuta's goals and took part in the CL, so they were in the "win now" mode. But still a very high fee at that time.
Heinrich finished his pro playing career with Union Berlin, and continued as their staff member. He is now an assistant manager at Dortmund.
After winning the BL title and CL with Dortmund during his two seasons there, off he went to Italy aged 28. But only stayed there for two seasons before coming back to Dortmund for quarter of the price Viola had paid. Maybe he was Trapattoni's choice (who had seen him when manager of Bayern Munich) and Fiorentina pushed for the Serie A title led by Batistuta's goals and took part in the CL, so they were in the "win now" mode. But still a very high fee at that time.
Heinrich finished his pro playing career with Union Berlin, and continued as their staff member. He is now an assistant manager at Dortmund.