Stopgap move on the cards: BVB consider loan deal for Filippo Mané | OneFootball

Although Waldemar Anton and Aaron Anselmino, two central defenders, are out injured, Filippo Mané is missing from Borussia Dortmund’s squad for today’s away game at SC Freiburg – as he has been in all competitive matches since mid-September, with the exception of the 4-0 Champions League win against FC Villarreal at the end of November, when the youngster spent 90 minutes on the bench.

At the start of the season, despite the bitter beginning with his sending off in the Bundesliga opener at FC St. Pauli (3-3), it still looked as if Mané could take the next step at BVB. Now, however, there is growing skepticism in this regard. Behind Anton and Anselmino, as well as Nico Schlotterbeck, Emre Can, and Niklas Süle, Mané is only the sixth-choice central defender. Moreover, coach Niko Kovac would probably – as he has often done before – prefer to pull one of the nominal full-backs, Ramy Bensebaini or Julian Ryerson, into the back three if needed.

Established in the U23s

Mané’s prospects, at least in the short term, are therefore not the best. Although the 20-year-old Italian, who has repeatedly been held back by injuries in recent years, has played the last nine matches for the U23s and even scored three goals, BVB clearly does not see the Regionalliga as the optimal environment for his personal development in the long run.

According to the “Ruhr Nachrichten”, there are therefore internal discussions at Borussia regarding a possible loan for Mané, in order to give the four-time Italy U21 international experience at a higher level. It’s possible that this topic will gain momentum in the coming weeks.

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