Borussia Dortmund

We were talking about Isco a year ago here as well. I believe the reasons why we were never really linked with him were the fact he's Spanish and might find it hard to settle into a team with only Germans and a few foreigners (none of which are Spanish or speak it). And now it is definitely a no-go unless our club is ready to dish out a huge amount of money. Isco will probably cost about €30m, and Dortmund never pay that much for a player. Reus was by quite a stretch the most expensive player in recent years, and he actually is from Dortmund's academy and was born here, plus he is simply one of the best players in the world. Then again, Isco is rapidly becoming one too...

If we are to spend money in the regions of €30m, it should be on a player who is just as good as Isco or better and who is almost guaranteed to settle in here and fits our style of play. And that's Kevin de Bruyne. Shame we didn't try to contact him in March or something already - I believe we could've convinced him back then to play for us, and the fact we went on to play the CL final and ended as the n°2 in Germany would have only convinced him more to come here.

Doubt it as well...

That would be... weird. Why another central defender when we've already bought a top notch one and only sold our bench warming CD? I think we'd be much better off spending that money on a better offer for KDB and increased wages.

If we get him is the decision of Barca, isn't it? And of course Pep needs the intention to get him. Bayern can't buy players who just have played one decent tournament especially if it was an under 21 tournament...

Dude, you are so ignorant it's boggling the mind.

No, it is not Barça's decision. Thiago has a buy-out clause (you fuckers love those, don't you?) of €18m activated because he did not play enough minutes this year, but that was because he was injured for nearly half a year, missed the preparation of the season and Xavi and Iniesta were fit whenever he was too.

And one 'decent' U21 tournament? Thiago is the captain of Spain U21, was the man of the tournament, and he was that too in Spain's previous tournament two years ago, also as the captain. They won the tournament twice now, with him as the main man. He is usually either fantastic or decent whenever he plays for Barça, and he's just shown he's only getting better, a lot better. Based on all that, he can walk into any team in the world, except for Barça and Bayern, where he'd be a sub. I don't see him fitting in a Bayern side either, even if they're lead by Guardiola.

You call me ignorant?
I just wasn't aware that there is a buy-out close so calm down...
I know another player who played a 'decent' U21 tournament. His name is Marcus Berg. I've never seen him again...

Ignorance is not knowing something.
You were definitely ignorant about his buyout clause of 18m.

Oh boy. Like Oddspud said, ignorance is not stupidity, it is not having knowledge about something. And you certainly don't know a thing about Thiago, or you'd realize he's nothing like Markus Berg, because his good tournament was based on a poacher's luck, not actual quality.

If you think Thiago's captaincy and the fact he won the tournament twice in a row with Spain is lucky, I could understand that. A fact like that usually means you're great, but it could also be you're just a good leader surrounded by great players. But if you actually watched him play you should've easily seen he's fantastic. Just like it was very easy to see Götze would become fantastic two years ago, but I'm sure you were one of the doubters as well.

Anyway, thanks for once again proving yourself here.

Finally!!!

I just know him and Grosskreutz would be best friends

Ah yes! Having him sign an extension would be as good as signing any top midfielder out there. Probably even better because he's a top player and a perfect fit already.

May I remind you Gotze signed a contract extension not too long ago :\
Question is, will there be a cheap-ass release clause, again....

I'd like to think we've learned our lesson. I seem to recall either Zorc or Aki saying they would never allow release clauses again after that scumfuck Gotze.

Damn it, beat me to it.

Welcome christian

Really? All right, nice. Velkommen til Dortmund Christian! I hope Kloppo can work a bit on his work ethic though, but I'm sure Eriksen will be very motivated to prove himself at a club like BVB. Now to make work of Mkhitaryan, Bernard or KDB!

KDB is starting to look like a soap opera though. At first it looked likely we'd sign him since he said he would like to go to Dortmund next year, then it looked like he was going to Lever, last week it looked like he'd be staying at Chelsea after all but if they sign another midfielder I'm confident he'll be on his way out. It would be the dumbest thing to do, because KDB is world class, or at the very least world class in the making.

Nothing's official until it's on BVB.de but if it turns out to be true, I hope he can prove me wrong. I'm everything but convinced that he's the right player to fill the gap Götze left. I was really hoping for KDB and Mkhitaryan.

Nothings official yet.
Just speculations I think because Ajax is close to signing Adam Maher.

Him, kdb, Bernard and Fred (yes, new speculation but only would cost 1m) might do wonders up front.

And it's pretty much a done deal, Ajax apparently have given him permission to leave.

Anything other than him coming to us would be a surprise.

Zorc has already disclaimed it.
Ruhrnachrichten say it's false as well.
de Bruyne is still our #1 target.

Borussia Dortmund hat Meldungen dementiert, der Klub stehe kurz vor der Verpflichtung des dänischen Mittelfeldspielers Christian Eriksen. Manager Michael Zorc zeigte sich verwundert über die Berichte: Denn der Favorit des BVB sei weiterhin ein anderer Hochkaräter. #Ruhrnachrichten.de

Deinonychus beat me to it.

Uh-oh, we're f****d.