The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Felix Nmecha keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Borussia Dortmund may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market30 Aug 2027
Fábio Silva asks to leave Borussia Dortmund
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A brace, and Fábio Silva takes the afternoon — 8.35
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Fábio Silva provided it, and the 8.35 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match28 Aug 2027
The run at home goes on for Borussia Dortmund
13 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Borussia Dortmund
Nico Schlotterbeck was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market30 Aug 2027
Carney Chukwuemeka attracts admirers
The name of Carney Chukwuemeka has come up in conversations Borussia Dortmund were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Borussia Dortmund
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Borussia Dortmund rebuffed over Samu Aghehowa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. RB Leipzig have kept their man, and Borussia Dortmund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match28 Aug 2027
Borussia Dortmund find a way past TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim made Borussia Dortmund work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Kevin Engel joins the Borussia Dortmund first team
- Market Borussia Dortmund promote Thomas Bergmann from within
- Squad Yan Couto wants to go home