“” There is no point in running, you have to go on time. Even with 350 years apart, the start of The hare and the turtle de Jean de la Fontaine applies perfectly with the Mercato du Borussia Dortmund. As of June 10, the German club announced the signature of Jobe Bellingham for € 30.5 million. The English midfielder was already seen as the flagship recruit of the summer. After that, Yan Couto (€ 20 million) and Daniel Svesson (€ 6.5 million) landed, in addition to the experienced goalkeeper Patrick Drewes (200,000 euros). € 57 million was spent all the same, it is not nothing, especially since the BVB sold for € 68 million, mainly thanks to the departure of Jamie Gittens in Chelsea for € 56 million.
There is still a lot of positions to fill, especially in the offensive department where Sébastien Haller left, just like Youssoufa Moukoko, definitively transferred to Copenhagen. Faced with Rot-Weiss Essen, a resident of the 3rd division, during the 1st German Cup round, Niko Kovac was forced to take out the big team. Serhou Guirrasy was associated with Maximilian Beier ahead, with Marcel Sabitzer in support. “I am optimistic about our ability to progress. We have to expand this workforce, or even improve it a little. We still have a few days to get there ” was trying to reassure the sports director Sebastian Kehl on Sky Sport Monday evening.
Refusals and failures in all directions
This workforce is sorely lacking in creative environments and an additional attacker. Everyone knows it at the club except that for a few weeks, it has been a chain of refusals and failures. Again these last days, it is Bayer Leverkusen who will welcome Claudio Echeverri on loan from Manchester City. Compared to its neighbor, the B04 did not offer a purchase option. Before that, Ethan Nwaneri had been listed as a potential target before finally extending his contract with Arsenal. Negotiations also failed with Chelsea for Carney Chukwuemeka because of a loan with a purchase obligation of € 20 million which did not satisfy the blues.
Wolverhampton was too greedy for Fabio Silva (€ 30 million) when he has only a year of contract. Consernant Facundo Buonanotte, Brighton wishes to lend Argentinian only to an English club in order to prepare it for the Premier League, as was the case on the side of Leicester last season. These failures also show the lack of means of the BVB, despite a Champions League final disputed 15 months ago and a participation in the World Cup this summer. The starting envelope was only € 30 million, reinforced by the € 11 million in positive balance caused by the summer transfer window. Chance is a bit mocking. This is the same sum required by the complete renovation of stadium kitchens.
The BVB also fears for its defense
Dortmund is limited and is offered many players by agents and intermediaries above his means like Christopher Nkunku and Matias Soule. A targeted time, Maghnes Akliouche is also far too expensive, while Eliesse Ben Seghir is at the limit of investment capacity. Will the club take this risk? With hindsight, Lars Ricken and Sebastian Kehl regret not having insisted with Rayan Cherki last winter. The height of bad luck, Yan Couto and Julian Ryerson have been victims of blows in recent days. Even if these bruises are a lesser evil compared to what was feared, it has shown how quickly things can evolve.
Management felt vulnerable in the defensive sector. An agreement had also been reached with Rosario Central to recruit Juan Gimenez but the great Argentinian hope of 19 years has just tears the crossed ligaments … He will miss several months of competition and his transfer was canceled. “” We all agree that we still have to do something, and we will do itinsisted Niko Kovac after the victory in the German Cup. We need at least two additional players. The technician has only 14 confirmed players when starting the season. According to Sky Sporthe would rather like to have 18 elements at his disposal. It only remains for a dozen days to achieve this goal.
