Julien Duranville starts training. However, he is not expected to fight any hard duels yet, as his red shirt indicates. Since January, the Belgian lives in Dortmund, in addition to his talent, he also brought a muscle injury in the thigh.
Three times the affected area hurt, it even came to a partial muscle tear because RSC Anderlecht did not take the regeneration carefully. Therefore, the agenda in Dortmund is to prepare the 16-year-old physically carefully. Dortmund is not worried.
The player was seen as an anticipation for the future. Whether he plays a few more minutes this season, no matter in which team, depends on how his impressions will be in training. He should be fully fit for duty from summer onwards.
Dortmund scouted the player for a long time and intensively and although the transfer fee sounds considerable, there were no doubts that this is a good investment.
"After looking at it, it is a penalty kick in the situation with Adeyemi for BVB. However, I didn't see it that way at all on the pitch. The defender had a lot of pace and I was sure Adeyemi had put his leg in."
"Of course, the video assistant looked at the scene and assessed it. The assessment was that it was not an obvious mistake, so there was no recommendation that I watch it again myself. If I had doubts about my decision, then that would have been an option, yes."
"But I didn't have them at that moment. In retrospect, I have to say: I would have been glad if I had looked at it again. Of course, my aim is to decide everything correctly directly on the pitch, [...]"
Marco Rose was sacked by Borussia Dortmund 286 days ago. This is how the dismissal really went: After the last game of the season against Hertha BSC, the coach celebrated with bosses and players.
First in the VIP area of the stadium, the football pension of Michael Zorc and then Rose went with his family to the celebration of former physiotherapist Thomas Zetzmann, who left the club after the season.
Players like Julian Brandt, Mats Hummels, Marco Reus, Axel Witsel and also Sebastian Kehl were there. A lot was talked about at both parties. Marco Rose leaving Borussia Dortmund was not a topic at all.
However, this would only be conceivable at greatly reduced conditions. His current salary is said to be around 10 million euros. In the case of a contract extension, the salary would be only about half of that. In addition, it would be strongly performance-related. [...]
The bosses at Borussia Dortmund are currently building up a squad with Gregor Kobel, Nico Schlotterbeck, Niklas Süle and Salih Özcan. Mats Hummels would have to accept his new role. He is currently doing so without a sound. [...]
NEW: Borussia Dortmund is extending its pain threshold for Moukoko. The club would grant Patrick Williams an extra payment of 5 million euros. In addition, the club offers a 4-year contract + option, [...]
[...] an annual salary of up to 6 million and a signing bonus of over 10 million euros. In addition, the agent would receive the usual commission of 10% of Moukoko's salary and, ideally, a further 2.4 million euros. All in all, a 40 million euro package for an 18-year-old.
Today, the bosses are still negotiating with Patrick Williams in a hotel. The fact is: this is the last offer - there will be no more! If these conditions are not accepted, the player will have to leave the club.
"I took a huge step forward in the summer. It all feels lighter for me again. I have developed after the talks with Edin. I know how to go into tackles, what I have to do when I'm working against the ball, [...]"
[...] so that I can compete at the very highest level and be in the first eleven. It took me a while to finally understand that. Better late than never.
When it comes to a 1-on-1 situation, the opponent can't get past me so easily, I've realised that by now."
"Personally, I've also resolved to collect two or three more yellow cards and to tackle an opponent from time to time. That's part of BVB football. Of course I also want to collect more scorer points, that's what I'll be judged on in the end."
Things are getting tight for Emre Can at Borussia Dortmund.
Salih Özcan recently joked in a media round that it was already tight on the bus. The 24-year-old feels comfortable in the centre, where Mo Dahoud has been missing in recent months.