New striker talent on the way – BVB eye Bjarki Hrafn Gardarsson | OneFootball

For the senior team, Borussia Dortmund apparently will not present another new signing at short notice, although the plan still includes further reinforcements during this summer transfer window. For the U19s, however, BVB could soon finalize the signing of a new striker.

According to current media reports, Dortmund is on the verge of signing Bjarki Hrafn Gardarsson, who is currently still playing in his native Iceland for UMF Stjarnan Gardabaer. The forward, who only turned 16 in February, made his first three brief appearances for the first team in recent months and is regarded as a major talent.

Gardarsson, who has scored twice in eight U17 internationals for Iceland, has ideal center-forward stature at 1.94 meters. But the left-footer is by no means just a penalty-box finisher who is strong in front of goal; he is also quick and technically gifted.

BVB scouts have been tracking Gardarsson for a long time

Gardarsson is said to have already been in Dortmund in February, familiarizing himself with the conditions on site. Now a move apparently seems imminent, one that will likely see him integrated into BVB’s U19s, although Gardarsson would still be eligible to play another season at U17 level.

The BVB officials, led by managing director Lars Ricken and sporting director Ole Book, are evidently sticking to the path they embarked on some time ago of securing top foreign talents at a very early stage — in the hope that, like Luca Reggiani and Samuele Inacio recently, Gardarsson will one day make the jump to the BVB senior team.

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