The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
Squad6 Jul 2043
Trevan Sanusi has been here 13 seasons
320 appearances across 13 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Market6 Jul 2043
Landon Emenalo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Borussia Dortmund they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market6 Jul 2043
Jobe Bellingham 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.
Squad6 Jul 2043
Jobe Bellingham signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jobe Bellingham commits to Borussia Dortmund for another 2 years.
Squad6 Jul 2043
Marcel Simon 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.
Market6 Jul 2043
Borussia Dortmund turn down Hamburger SV for Peter Robinson
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
In brief
- Squad Jobe Bellingham falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Eyes on Michael Winter again
- Boardroom Borussia Dortmund release $26.4M for the manager
- Boardroom Borussia Dortmund sign 12 boys into the academy