After new offer: no Karetsas move before Japan trip | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund want to sign Konstantinos Karetsas from KRC Genk. Talks between the Black and Yellows and the Belgians have been ongoing for quite some time. 

BVB recently made another push. Officials from the Black and Yellows traveled to Belgium to hold transfer talks. Dortmund also increased their offer in the process.

The BVB bosses had hoped that a slightly improved bid would be enough. More than €30 million is now said to have been offered, including bonus payments. According to a Sky report, however, that is still not enough.

BVB: No quick transfer for Karetsas

KRC Genk are reportedly hoping for €35 million, a figure BVB have not yet offered, at least so far. One positive remains that the player only wants to join Dortmund and is currently not concerned with any other concrete offer that may come in.

That gives Dortmund time. Time to fine-tune the deal a little more and improve it. But they do not have unlimited time either, because ideally a new player should already be part of the squad when the important friendlies take place.

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Karetsas will not yet be traveling on the Japan tour in preseason, which the BVB group will begin soon. That was clearly denied in the Transfer Update on Sky. Such a quick agreement is unrealistic, as the trip to Japan begins in just a few days.

Genk have therefore rejected the latest offer and clearly confronted BVB with their own demands. The next step now is for the Black and Yellows to move closer again. If that happens, an agreement could be reached fairly quickly. If not, there is a risk of a drawn-out transfer saga with an uncertain outcome after all, because the competition is still not asleep.

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