Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke believes his club s stars should be used regularly at Euro 2012.
Dortmund broke the points record in the Bundesliga in the 2011-12 season en route to their second successive title, while they also won the DFB-Pokal final thanks to a 5-2 success against Bayern Munich.
Mats Hummels, Sven Bender, Marcel Schmelzer, Mario Goetze and Ilkay Guendogan have all been picked by manager Joachim Loew in Germany s provisional squad for Euro 2012 and Watzke wants his players to be recognised with regular selection during the tournament.
I think it is completely impossible that no Dortmund player should stand in the starting line-up at the European Championship. For me, this is not an issue, Watzke told Bild.
If you are the German champions and cup winners, then one must assume that this performance is recognised in accordance with the national team. Jogi (Joachim) Loew is a great coach and I assume he will make the right decisions in every case.
Players who are at BVB (Dortmund) are outstanding in a sporting sense but they also possess personal qualities that can help the national side. Players such as Hummels, Guendogan, Goetze, Bender and Schmelzer could play for any big club in the world.
Germany s Euro 2012 campaign begins on June 9 when they face Portugal in Group B.
