Fresh rumours: BVB already agree terms with El Mala family? | OneFootball

Although a full agreement still likely requires several more steps, above all a common ground between the two clubs on the transfer fee, Karim Adeyemi leaving Borussia Dortmund for FC Barcelona has now become a very plausible scenario. Selling the speedy attacker would then give BVB the necessary room to become active on the transfer market themselves on a larger scale.

If Adeyemi were to leave this summer, BVB would avoid the risk of losing the 24-year-old on a free transfer after his contract expires in June 2026 and would likely have at least €20 million available for their own transfers — and considerably more if Borussia manage to push through their demands.

It is therefore not entirely surprising that, in anticipation of an Adeyemi departure, the name Said El Mala is once again being discussed more intensively in Dortmund, fueled in part by a recent report from Express. According to the Cologne tabloid, rumors are circulating around the Geißbockheim that BVB may have already reached an agreement with the 1. FC Köln rising star and even his family.

BVB not optimistic yet

Sky does not confirm the rumors, but reports that BVB is fully informed about the possible framework of an El Mala transfer, meaning they know what package of transfer fee, signing bonus, and salary would have to be financed.

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That, however, is precisely the sticking point, because Köln are demanding €50 million for the 13-goal scorer from the past season and are reportedly not willing to move away from that valuation. Borussia are not yet fully convinced by the terms and are not optimistic at this stage either.

That, however, could change. Not least because El Mala himself is said to be open to a move to BVB, and because his mother, Sabrina El Mala in particular, is reportedly in favor of both Said and his older brother Malek — who could be integrated into the BVB U23 side — remaining in Germany.

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