Bastien Meupiyou on the radar, but no offer from BVB | OneFootball

Unless there are more departures after Niklas Süle’s retirement, Borussia Dortmund are actually well covered in central defense, especially since Joane Gadou from Red Bull Salzburg has already been brought in as a highly promising center-back. Nevertheless, reports circulated in recent days that BVB had also made an offer in the double-digit millions for Bastien Meupiyou of FC Alverca.

Dortmund are said to have offered the Portuguese top-flight club a base fee of twelve million euros plus bonuses of five million euros for Meupiyou. In reality, however, the matter is not really hot, and there has so far been no offer from Borussia, as first reported by Ruhr Nachrichten and then also by Sky.

The fact that Wolverhampton Wanderers, who signed the 20-year-old from FC Nantes in the summer of 2024 for around five million euros and then moved him on to Alverca a year later, are reportedly willing to forgo a buy-back option and would rather benefit from their 50 percent sell-on clause, would certainly not hurt Dortmund’s chances. But BVB currently have no need.

Plans with Bensebaini and Schlotterbeck

According to Sky, Borussia are instead planning with Ramy Bensebaini and Nico Schlotterbeck as the left-footed options in central defense. In addition, the development of the club’s own talents, Luca Reggiani and Filippo Mané, is not supposed to be blocked by another new signing.

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However, a new situation could arise if there are still departures. In other words, if Schlotterbeck makes use of his release clause, which is apparently valid until mid-July, or if Bensebaini were to express a desire to leave after the 2026 World Cup. At the moment, though, the situation is that the Algerian international wants to stay in Dortmund and will stay.

All in all, Meupiyou is indeed one of the players BVB are keeping an eye on, but a concrete move is not currently planned.

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