Watzke: Only Dortmund can decide Hummels future
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BORUSSIA Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke insists it is down to the German club where Manchester United-target Mats Hummels plays his football next season.
Dortmund was hosting run-away league leader Bayern Munich in yesterday evening’s mouth-watering Bundesliga showdown with tenth-placed Borussia looking to hold on to one of its prized assets for next season.
Reports in the UK suggest United is poised to table a 35 million euro (US$38.1 million) bid for the 2014 World Cup winning center-back, who has admitted the Red Devils would be his “only” choice if he moves abroad.
But with two more years to run on his current contract, Dortmund is eager to keep its 26-year-old captain having watched top talent Robert Lewandowski and Mario Goetze leave for rival Bayern in the last two seasons.
“We have had the situation in Dortmund recently that we have lost one of our top performers every year,” Watzke told German daily Bild. “And we still haven’t stopped playing football.
“But to make it clear, Mats Hummels knows the contract situation. The decision as to where Mats plays next season is of course only down to Borussia Dortmund.”
Having won the 2011 and 2012 German league titles, then finished runner-up to Bayern for the last two seasons, Dortmund has struggled for domestic form this season and found itself bottom of the league at the start of February before exiting the Champions League at the last 16 stage — it is presently 12 points off a Champions League berth for next term.
It is also waiting on Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan to extend his current contract, which expires in June 2016, “but no decision has yet been taken,” added Watzke.
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