Return likely: BVB need new solutions for Duranville, Campbell | OneFootball

Because one point from the remaining five matches will be enough, Borussia Dortmund can already plan with a fair degree of certainty for another season in the Champions League. The income from Europe’s premier club competition plays a significant role in the budget, which could possibly be boosted further by sales such as Karim Adeyemi or Serhou Guirassy. Two other players, however, for whom a plan made in winter has not worked out, are currently set to return to BVB.

In the hope of making a name for himself in Switzerland and finally showing on the pitch the potential he has long been credited with — but which never truly came through at BVB, partly because of repeated bad luck with injuries — Julien Duranville decided at the start of the year to join FC Basel on loan. One goal and one assist in eleven competitive appearances, only six of them as a starter, is not the mid-loan return everyone had hoped for.

Duranville even had to watch the last two matches entirely from the bench and no longer has any real chance of going to the 2026 World Cup with Belgium. Instead, the 19-year-old winger finds himself at a crossroads, especially as a fresh start in Dortmund this summer does not really seem very promising either.

Campbell with only two brief Bundesliga appearances

Cole Campbell has seen even less playing time than Duranville in recent months. The American, who was loaned to TSG Hoffenheim with a purchase option worth ten million euros, made only two brief Bundesliga appearances in Kraichgau, as well as two appearances for the club’s third-division team.

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Although Campbell was only fit to return to full training from mid-February because of an ankle injury, the current picture is disappointing and there is little to suggest that Hoffenheim will activate the purchase clause. Instead, like Duranville, Campbell is expected back at BVB, though probably not with the best prospects either.

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