Dortmund set to lose another star
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BORUSSIA Dortmund is facing the prospect of losing a star player for the third year running with Germany defender Mats Hummels waxing lyrical about a possible transfer abroad.
Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United are reported to be interested in signing the 26-year-old, who has a market-value of around 35 million euros (US$37.9 million), on the back of outstanding performances at last year’s World Cup.
Having seen stars Mario Goetze, then Robert Lewandowski leave for Bayern Munich in recent seasons, Dortmund could sell Hummels to the highest bidder as his current contract runs until 2017.
The center-back’s future is a hot topic in the German media, especially after he reportedly told Bild: “it’s Man Utd or no-one” should he leave Dortmund.
“You know what I am like: I just say what is going around in my head,” he told Sky Sports after Dortmund’s 0-1 home defeat to Bayern last Saturday.
“That doesn’t mean that I am leaving, it just means I’m considering things. There’s no particular tendency one way or the other. It will all become clearer in the coming weeks.”
Dortmund insists Hummels will not be leaving anytime soon. “We are planning further with him,” Dortmund’s director of sport Michael Zorc told German magazine Kicker.
“We will have another talk with Mats to see how we can go about working together further.”
As Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke bluntly put it: “The decision as to where Mats plays next season is, of course, only down to Dortmund”.
Having joined Dortmund from Bayern in 2007 after one league appearance for the Bavarians, Hummels has blossomed under charismatic coach Juergen Klopp, who saw enough promise to thrust the then 19-year-old into his starting Dortmund line-up.
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