Manchester United exit a huge relief for Kagawa, says Kehl

Sebastian Kehl is hopeful Shinji Kagawa can find his old form again at Borussia Dortmund as leaving Manchester United this summer was a huge relief for the Japan international. The 25-year-old left BVB in the summer of 2012, but failed to make an impact at Old Trafford and returned to the Bundesliga giants in August after he was deemed surplus to requirements by Louis van Gaal. "You could see that it was a huge relief for Shinji Kagawa [to have left Manchester United for Dortmund]," Kehl was quoted as saying by Sport Bild. "It was not an easy situation for him at Manchester in the past few weeks. And then there were some comments from his coach that prompted him to return to Dortmund. "He gets a lot of faith here. Everything that he's been missing in the past few months, he'll get back here again." Kagawa won two Bundesliga titles and one DFB Pokal during his first spell at Dortmund.