The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund bid $43.0M for Lewis Miley
The offer went to Newcastle United this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $36.9M for Jamie Leweling
Borussia Dortmund have gone to VfB Stuttgart with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
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
Borussia Dortmund say no — this time
The offer from Köln for Fábio Silva was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Silas Ostrzinski says no to Veres
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Silas Ostrzinski had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund baulk at the price for Matthieu Epolo
Standard Liege wanted more than $3.6M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
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
Eyes on Joane Gadou again
The phone has started ringing about Joane Gadou again, and this time the name on the line is Sion. Borussia Dortmund are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Andreas Schulz joins the Borussia Dortmund first team
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Borussia Dortmund
- Squad The formation has left Lucas Pérez behind