Greek international Sokratis Papastathopoulos has no intention of warming the bench at new club Borussia Dortmund.
But he may face a battle earning a place in the starting line-up, with central defenders Neven Subotic and Mats Hummels still at the Westfalenstadion.
After a frustrating year at AC Milan where he rarely played, Papastathopoulos is now determined to force his way into the first eleven after signing a five-year deal with the German giants.
“I left AC Milan because I wasn’t playing, then I moved to Bremen where I played a lot and now I’m here to play. I believe every player joining a team wants to play,” Papastathopoulos said.
“I’ll play where the coach needs me, if he wants me to play right back or as a centre-back I’ll do it.”
Dortmund will be looking to patch up their leaky defence in season 2013-14.
“In Bremen every year the team had a problem in defence because everyone wanted to attack and it’s difficult to defend,” the Greek centre back said.
“That was my old team, now I’m in a new team, one of the best ones, we need to be perfect in defence.”
