Transfer coup sealed: BVB snap up Arsenal gem | OneFootball

After Giannis Konstantelias suffered a serious injury, Borussia Dortmund reacted on the transfer market. Shortly before the transfer deadline, BVB secured the services of an Arsenal talent.

Borussia Dortmund made another move on the transfer market shortly before the end of the transfer window. In response to Giannis Konstantelias’ serious injury, Ethan Nwaneri has joined BVB on loan from Arsenal. A purchase option is reportedly not part of the agreement.

The 19-year-old attacking player is expected to cost Dortmund a total package of around five million euros, including his salary. Once the loan expires, Nwaneri is therefore generally expected to return to London. “With Ethan’s loan, we have succeeded in bringing in a very talented and technically outstanding midfielder,” explained BVB sporting managing director Lars Ricken.

Because of Konstantelias’ long-term injury, the club wanted to respond again at short notice. Ricken described Nwaneri’s signing as “the best possible sporting solution at this point.” Konstantelias suffered a serious knee injury in the Bundesliga opener against Hamburger SV (2-0). The 23-year-old tore his anterior cruciate ligament and will therefore be out for Dortmund for several months.

Done deal: BVB sign Arsenal talent Ethan Nwaneri on loan

Meanwhile, Nwaneri was no stranger to BVB. The club’s decision-makers were already looking into the England U21 international last summer. Besides him, other candidates had recently also been linked. These included former Dortmund player Jadon Sancho, currently without a club, as well as Marcel Regula of Zaglebie Lubin. The 19-year-old Pole could apparently have cost a fee of up to ten million euros.

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Nwaneri came through Arsenal’s youth academy and has so far made 51 competitive appearances for the senior team, scoring ten goals and providing two assists. The left-footer also made Premier League history at an early age: at 15 years and 181 days old, he made his debut and became the youngest player ever used in the league’s history.

Nwaneri already spent the second half of last season on loan at Olympique Marseille. Now the highly gifted attacking talent is set to make his next push in Dortmund – and could make his first appearance for BVB as early as next weekend against TSG Hoffenheim (5 September).

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