The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $32.9M for Christoph Baumgartner
Borussia Dortmund have gone to RB Leipzig 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Serhou Guirassy wants more than Borussia Dortmund are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maximilian Beier signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maximilian Beier and Borussia Dortmund agree another 5 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund go back to the board over Christoph Baumgartner
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $33.9M — a club that wants Christoph Baumgartner enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Borussia Dortmund
Felix Nmecha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund rebuffed over Eric Smith
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. St. Pauli have kept their man, and Borussia Dortmund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Degerfors join the queue for Konstantinos Karetsas
Add another name to the list: Degerfors have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Konstantinos Karetsas. The answer from Borussia Dortmund has not changed — yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
Borussia Dortmund promote Stefan Schreiber from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Schreiber 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
Borussia Dortmund promote Daniel Stein from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Stein 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Borussia Dortmund training over how hard people work
- The dugout Joey Veerman knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Gregor Kobel wants to know why he earns less