BVB: Because of the lack of negotiations – next Dortmund star pushes frustration

Bundesliga

Marco Reus is currently playing his eleventh season in Dortmund. He’s now a club icon: a key player on the pitch, a leader in the dressing room and a fan favorite in the corner.

His contract expires at the end of the season. the BVB bosses Hans-Joachim Watzke and Sebastian Kehl are confident that Reus will extend his contract and at least another twelfth year will follow. “We’re going to take it relatively easy,” said sports director Kehl back in July. “We have a very, very high level of trust.”

With eight player contracts still to expire, Watzke (left) and Kehl have left plenty of work to do for the second half of the season.Image: www.imago-images.de / Treese

Captain Reus probably wants to continue his successful time at BVB. “BVB is my club, Dortmund is my hometown and I would like to end my career here,” he said at the beginning of the season.

Marco Reus has scored 156 goals (118 assists) in 368 games for BVB.Image: AP / Martin Meissner

However, negotiations with other players like Youssoufa Moukoko have been a priority for months now. How “sports1” wants to have experienced is Reus more and more frustrated about the pending negotiations.

Homegrown has priority: Kehl probably reaches an agreement with Moukoko’s advisor

First, Watzke and Kehl wanted to know for sure about their homegrown Moukoko: The 18-year-old is also on an expiring contract, and the BVB bosses were confident about him from the start.

Moukoko became Germany’s youngest World Cup player of all time in Qatar.Image: imago / ULMER press photo agency

In the meantime, however, Moukoko has received numerous other highly endowed offers. Top clubs like Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Chelsea and Liverpool have already expressed interest in the hope of signing a top talent on a free transfer this summer. Most recently, Newcastle United are said to have pushed up the price with a mega offer (nine million annual salary, plus 30 million earnest money).

At the training camp in Marbella Sebastian Kehl has now reached a basic agreement with Moukoko advisor Patrick Williams. How “sky” reported, Moukoko will sign a four-year contract – apparently with an annual salary of three million euros. The “picture“, on the other hand, reports a significantly improved offer of six million euros per year.

Reus sends consultants looking for a club, negotiations with Kehl are pending

Being able to tie the hopes of youngsters up front is a win for BVB, as team captain Reus probably knows. However, the 33-year-old is annoyed that his contract is quietly expiring in the shadow of Moukoko poker.

According to “WAZ“The Reus side perceives the standstill in negotiations as “disrespect”. How “sports1” reported Reus asked his advisor Dirk Hebe “for the first time in his career” to look for a club for him.

“Of course I’m looking ahead, I still have six months under contract,” the national player is quoted as saying. “It would be wrong if I didn’t think about it.” Most recently, FC Al-Nassr is said to have made him a lucrative offer; the club from Saudi Arabia, where Cristiano Ronaldo now also plays.

Ronaldo’s new club is trying with all its might to lure more top stars to Saudi Arabia.Image: AP / Amr Nabil

It is conceivable that Reus only wants to strengthen its negotiating position with further offers. After all, BVB is planning to reform its salary structures, which could also have a negative impact on Reus’ salary.

Sebastian Kehl wants to start negotiations with Reus and his advisors in the next few days. This time BVB can’t take too much time. After all, other players like Mats Hummels and Anthony Modeste are still awaiting talks about their future.