Good move for him
Ousmane Dembele to Dortmund| 5yr deal confirmed.
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Shouldn't the title be
Ousmane Dembele to Bayern via Dortmund| German media reporting deal done
Ousmane Dembele to Bayern via Dortmund| German media reporting deal done
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You can laugh all you want, apart from barca's front 3 Or maybe bayern with lewandowski/coman/Costa, our boys could be the most exciting to watch. 3 players who are great dribblers, full of skill and love taking on players, that's what I enjoy watching.
Madrid are efficient but pretty boring tbh. Bales a kick and run merchant and ronaldo just shoots(albeit well) from every angle and scores.
I suggest that is kept in a draft folder for the next 1-2 years.So Dortmund are just keeping him warm for Munich then presumably?
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My French is a bit rusty but I guess L'Equipe's article quotes German media reports, i.e. Bild.
http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transfert-acccord-entre-ousmane-dembele-et-dortmund/656294
My French is a bit rusty but I guess L'Equipe's article quotes German media reports, i.e. Bild.
http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transfert-acccord-entre-ousmane-dembele-et-dortmund/656294
I wonder how quickly he will fit in at Dortmund. Tuchel is rotating a lot, but I expect the "first" XI to be something like this Piszczek, Bender, CB, Schmelzer - Weigl - Castro/Kagawa, Götze - Reus, Mkhitaryan - Aubameyang
on the other hand we might also see Mkihtaryan (Watzke said they won't let go of the whole trio in any case, so with Hummels likely going to Bayern I imagine that he will stay for another year at the very least) moved to one of the central positions and Dembele taking a spot on the left/right, if he really hits the ground running.
on the other hand we might also see Mkihtaryan (Watzke said they won't let go of the whole trio in any case, so with Hummels likely going to Bayern I imagine that he will stay for another year at the very least) moved to one of the central positions and Dembele taking a spot on the left/right, if he really hits the ground running.
Never seen him play. I know hes a talent but we really need a proven player up top to help rashford and martial. Not another young player who has to adapt to a physically demanding league. Greizmann or bust for me.
I know he just signed a new contract but could he be a replacement for Auba up top? They could have a big money deal lined up for Auba and want to get someone in first before it went through.
A great stepping stone towards Bayern
There is no way they will lose Gündogan, Hummels and Aubameyang this summer.
Dortmund will most likely be losing two key players already this summer. I can't see them selling a third one voluntarily and even if Aubameyang (because of some completely over the top offer) was leaving I doubt they'd sign an 18 year old, who hasn't even played that position on a regular basis, as his replacement.
Great transfer for Dortmund. With the season Ousmane had you could probably say he had the pick of the bunch, so it seems they've got in reasonably early here.
Is Mkhitaryan likely to be on the move? A fast, hard-working winger with a powerful strike on him would be on a massive list of big clubs lists.
Watzke said they won't lose all 3 players (Miki, Gündogan, Hummels) this summer and right now Gündogan and Hummels are the ones that seem the most likely to move. I haven't seen one transfer rumour for Miki by the way, but I don't follow Dortmund's transfer rumours that close.
My impression was that he is likely to extend, but who knows if Hummels' departure might change his position. If you just judge him based on this season, then he's definitely top club material, easily Dortmund's mvp this season (literally two footed, very good acceleration , good pace, very quick on the ball, good play-making from deeper and advanced positions (right now he's 4 assists behind the Bundesliga all time record), very good tactical awareness, defensive work rate is there, threatning long shots and he's a team player). However in the two seasons before that he really struggled, which I imagine makes him reluctant to leave now that things are going so well for him and might make clubs other than Dortmund reluctant to spend heavily on him.
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Ya you guys are probably right, wouldn't put it past Dortmund's transfer policy though to be that shrewd as to cash in on Aubameyang and for Dembele to come in and hit the ground running. They normally do these types of in out transfers quite well.
What a player, and he'll develop excellently at Dortmund.
I enjoy watching them play so I have no issues with him staying there, but of course in the future if he were to move on I hope it's to us
I enjoy watching them play so I have no issues with him staying there, but of course in the future if he were to move on I hope it's to us
Actually the last important player Dortmund" cashed in on" was probably Mladen Petric.
I strongly believe that not only were we in early but the Puma connection helped.
I believe he won't leave now and that Hummels' departure doesn't have any impact on his decision whatsoever. The question is whether he's seeing out his contract because Dortmund wants him to as described above or if he extends. Mkhitaryan said early this season that he'll stay without fuss until the end of the contract if Dortmund want him to.
Who needs big Adidas or Nike deals when Puma can bag you elite young talents?
If only Puma consider paying us nearly as much as Arsenal ...Who needs big Adidas or Nike deals when Puma can bag you elite young talents?
Fair enough, poor choice of words. I meant more so that they tend to lose players quite regularly and replace them with up and coming quality to keep the whole thing ticking over nicely.
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Sure, but with Hummels and Gündogan most likely already leaving they also have to think about stability and I imagine it would send a very bad signal towards Mkhitaryan and potential signings if they decide to sell the players they don't have to, too.
Pretty much
But Dembélé isn't a striker, he isn't going to replace Aubameyang, so selling the latter means bringing a new striker.
Very good deal for Dortmund if true. I can also see why a young talent like him would chose Dortmund as the next step in his development.
Still think we should have gone all in for him like we did for Martial, as he seems to be on the same level talent wise and we can certainly do with players who are fast and can dribble past their opponents. I wonder how long he will stay at Dortmund though, I don't think it will be much more than 3 or 4 seasons.
Btw the whole Bundesliga is basically a feeder league for Bayern. Can't remember a single club who was ever able to stop their best players leaving when Bayern came calling. At least not in the last 20 years, it's just what happens if you have one super dominant team.
Still think we should have gone all in for him like we did for Martial, as he seems to be on the same level talent wise and we can certainly do with players who are fast and can dribble past their opponents. I wonder how long he will stay at Dortmund though, I don't think it will be much more than 3 or 4 seasons.
Btw the whole Bundesliga is basically a feeder league for Bayern. Can't remember a single club who was ever able to stop their best players leaving when Bayern came calling. At least not in the last 20 years, it's just what happens if you have one super dominant team.
Leverkusen ever since Ballack etc signed for Bayern is refusing to sell to Bayern.
Just check the whole Vidal to Bayern saga when he was still at Leverkusen.
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De Bruyne said he would have preferred Bayern over City but Bayern refused to pay Wolfsburg's asking price.
De Bruyne said he would have preferred Bayern over City but Bayern refused to pay Wolfsburg's asking price.
People are being a bit harsh on Dortmund. Bayern activated Gotze's release clause and signed Lewandowski on a free transfer. The only player they're likely to sell voluntarily is Hummels and I'm sure they're going to say it's for personal reasons and could even cushion the blow by bringing Gotze back.
I guess the Dortmund fans are more pissed off with the players rather than the club and rightly so.
I guess the Dortmund fans are more pissed off with the players rather than the club and rightly so.
Well but it was also due to Vidal going along with it. He might just like Lewandwoski just have said he is only going to join Bayern and rather sit out his contract then wait another season. Vidal just wasn't as dead set on Bayern as he was. Apart form that I can only remember that Lars Bender was in the talks at Bayern but before that could somewhat serious he seemed to have vanished a bit out of the spotlight and Bayern under Pep seemed to mainly target Spanish players.
In essence as a club you can only refuse to sell to a team if you have players who are open to other transfers as well.
Well that's also a different topic. He was a hot commodity with City being after him and a contract that was still running for a few more years. So Bayern couldn't pull the old "Either you take what we offer or we'll get him for free trick" and maybe they just didn't value him a 70M € player in the end, which probably not too many people did.
Dortmund with all their players never had the luxury, they were naive with Götze to believe that no one would pay them 40M€ for him and with Lewa the contract ran out. Over the years we have seen countless players from other good teams in the Bundesliga join Bayern. Generally most of the stand out players in the league go to Bayern eventually unless they are willing to move abroad and have an equally good offer from another top club. Lewa was a special case, I don't think too many players would have turned down Real in favor for Bayern that summer where Bayern refused to pay the 30M € for him and decided to run down the contract instead.
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De Bruyne shows exactly one thing which was outlined above: It's entirely up to the player. It doesn't matter how long his contract runs. De Bruyne was flexible and had more than one offer that appealed to him. Götze had more than one offer but only Bayern's appealed to him. Same for Lewandowski and Hummels. BTW I don't get why you assume that a club which agrees to an exit clause doesn't expect it to be activated but that's even less of a topic in the Dembele thread than the topic Bayern absorbing all Bundesliga talent.
De Bruyne shows exactly one thing which was outlined above: It's entirely up to the player. It doesn't matter how long his contract runs. De Bruyne was flexible and had more than one offer that appealed to him. Götze had more than one offer but only Bayern's appealed to him. Same for Lewandowski and Hummels. BTW I don't get why you assume that a club which agrees to an exit clause doesn't expect it to be activated but that's even less of a topic in the Dembele thread than the topic Bayern absorbing all Bundesliga talent.
It's not about any of this. It's about that people act like Dortmund are the only team in the Bundesliga that ever loses their best players to Bayern while the rest heroically refuses to sell and strengthen them. That's a narrative that the caf for whatever reason loves but simply isn't true
shame if true. Martial on the left and Dembele on the right would have been awesome in years to come.
Defenders would be scared shitless.
If Dembele was going to move to Bayern after Dortmund, why wouldn't they just sign him now and loan him out?
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