The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Bayer Leverkusen tell Borussia Dortmund: Ibrahim Maza is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carney Chukwuemeka moves on
TSG Hoffenheim pay $17.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market10 Aug 2026
Silas Ostrzinski has said yes to Botev Plovdiv
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Borussia Dortmund have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Grischa Prömel would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Grischa Prömel is living that version at Borussia Dortmund, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Petar Musa
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Borussia Dortmund have done the hard part with FC Dallas, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Serhou Guirassy in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Borussia Dortmund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joey Veerman signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joey Veerman and Borussia Dortmund agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund promote Jan Neumann from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jan Neumann has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Robert Pohl steps up from the Borussia Dortmund academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Pohl has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Borussia Dortmund
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Joey Veerman
- The dugout Giannis Konstantelias asks for a word with the manager