The ink is dry: Marco Reus and Borussia Dortmund continue their work together. As the black and yellow announce, the 33-year-old has signed a new working paper until 2024. The club and the right foot are thus continuing their eleven-year success story.
BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke recognizes Reus as “deserving player of our club“, which he personally “The greatest possible success in the late phase of his career” wishes. “Marco was unlucky with injuries, but he is Borussia through and through and, as the captain of our team, is pursuing exactly the same goals as all of us: He is and remains extremely ambitious to lead our BVB to very big goals.”
Sports director Sebastian Kehl says about the new contract: “I am very happy that Marco will continue his special story at BVB for another year with this signature. At no time did we allow ourselves to be distracted by current discussions and our joint discussions were always positive, trusting and goal-oriented. As a player and a figure we can identify with, Marco is of enormous importance to this club – with our fans on the ‘Süd’, in this city, but also beyond the borders of Dortmund and with BVB fans all over the world.”
Reus himself adds: “We as a team, like all our fans, have one big goal in mind that we’re all concentrating on: we want to be German champions, and we need every single Borussia player to do that. But even beyond that, I still have a great desire to do my best for the club, where I’ve spent more than half my life. For me there is still nothing better than scoring goals in front of the best fans in the world and in the most beautiful stadium in the world and celebrating victories together. That’s why I’m happy that I’ve extended my contract for another year, because I’ve always said that I would prefer not to play for any other club in my career than for BVB.”
BVB legend
So far, the Dortmund-born has played 382 games for BVB, in which he was directly involved in more than 281 goals. Behind Adi Preißler, Reus is the second-best scorer in Borussia history.
With Dortmund, Reus won the DFB Cup twice and the German Super Cup three times. The 33-year-old had already announced at the end of March that he would like to end his career with his current employer: “I would like to end my career here.”
