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Dortmund’s Alcácer leaves – is Can coming?
For weeks there has been speculation about a departure from Borussia Dortmund’s Paco Alcácer. Now the change seems to be taking shape. The “Bild” and the Spanish “Marca” report that the 26-year-old Spaniard is about to move home to Villarreal. According to this, the medical check alone is pending, BVB will receive a transfer fee of 25 million euros.
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Alcácer came to Dortmund from Barcelona in summer 2018 – and hit. In the Bundesliga season alone, he scored twelve goals in twelve appearances. The attacker started well this season, but then lost his regular place. Following the signing of Erling Håland, Alcácer’s chances of deployment have decreased.
Dortmund should also face the obligation of a player: According to “Kicker” Emre Can should come from Juventus. The international then costs around 23 million euros and is planned for the defense.
Can, 26, moved from Liverpool to Turin in 2018, but is currently hardly used there. Juventus didn’t even register Can for the Champions League.
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Does Leipzig fetch Robin Koch from Freiburg?
Leipzig and Freiburg are said to be negotiating a change of defensive player Robin Koch. The “kicker” reports. Accordingly, it is about an immediate transfer, as possible transfer “about 20 million euros” are called. In the fight for the championship, RB run out of defenders, captain Willi Orban and Ibrahima Konaté are missing due to injury – so hiring a defender would make sense from a Leipzig perspective. Koch, 23, had made his national team debut last October. His contract with the SC runs until summer 2021.
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Hertha BSC before signing Piatek
An expensive striker for Hertha BSC? According to Sky Sport and the “Bild” newspaper, the Berliners are to negotiate with AC Milan about a transfer from Krzysztof Piatek. According to Sky, Milan is demanding a transfer fee of 27 million euros for the Polish international, “Bild” reports a transfer fee of 22 million euros.
Piatek, 24, has only played for Milan since January 2019, having moved there from FC Genoa after only six months. In the past season he scored 30 goals in 42 competitive appearances. However, he could not confirm these quotas. He currently has five goals in 20 games, three of which he scored with a penalty.
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United pays 55 million euros for Bruno Fernandes
Manchester United has made this winter’s most expensive transfer so far. The Premier League club has signed Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes, the 25-year-old comes from Sporting for a transfer fee of 55 million euros. Both clubs confirmed the transfer on Wednesday. According to the Sporting announcement, the transfer amount can rise to up to 80 million euros due to bonus payments.
The offensive midfielder made 29 goal appearances in 28 competitive games this season. United can use goals and assists well: The team is currently in a disappointing fifth place; The gap to the Champions League ranks is six, that of leaders Liverpool 36 points.
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