Short of cash, BVB must rule out transfer targets | OneFootball

Of course, the 2026 World Cup is still in full swing and the start of the new Bundesliga season is still seven and a half weeks away, but impatience is nevertheless growing around Borussia Dortmund over the lack of new signings. It is possible, however, that beyond the arrivals of Joane Gadou (Red Bull Salzburg), Kauã Prates (Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte) and Justin Lerma (Independiente del Valle), not much else will happen.

Although a base transfer fee of around five million euros has just been received for Julien Duranville, who could also bring in bonus payments after his move to Olympique Lyon, according to information from Sport BILD, BVB can hardly invest unless another really expensive sale goes through.

There are certainly several candidates for a transfer that would bring a lot of money into BVB’s coffers. First and foremost is Karim Adeyemi, whom Dortmund would also be happy to let go a year before his contract expires, but Felix Nmecha, Serhou Guirassy or Julian Ryerson could also command sizeable fees. However, none of these cases appears close to being finalized, so in terms of new signings, not much is likely to happen in Dortmund in the short term either.

Will there only be a Brandt replacement?

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Because BVB, who keep being linked with possible reinforcements such as most recently Guéla Doué (Racing Strasbourg), Benjamin Tahirovic (Bröndby IF) or Eduard Spertsyan (FK Krasnodar), are currently only able to act to a limited extent. As Sport BILD further reports, BVB already had to turn down potential new signings this summer because the financial resources for a transfer were lacking.

If no lucrative sale materializes, BVB would likely focus their search for reinforcements on a creative midfielder in order to fill the gap left by Julian Brandt’s departure. Beyond that, there would hardly be any scope left to do significant business in the transfer market.

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