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Teen Phenom Haaland In Talks With Dortmund – Reports

December 12, 2019 5:27 pm

Norwegian teenage striker Erling Haaland could be joining Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund from Austrian champions Salzburg in the January winter break, according to reports in Germany on Thursday.

Several German media outlets reported the prolific 19-year-old forward landed at Dortmund’s airport on a chartered plane and was met by a club representative on Wednesday.

Aged 19 years at 58 days, Haaland became the third youngest player to score a Champions League hat-trick when he netted three times in a 6-2 victory over Genk in September.

Only Wayne Rooney, England’s record goalscorer, and Spain great Raul managed the feat at a …

Delaney Out As Dortmund Host Bottom Side Paderborn

November 20, 2019 2:02 pm

Borussia Dortmund will be without injured midfielder Thomas Delaney until at least January as they look to bounce back from their Bayern Munich drubbing at home to Bundesliga strugglers Paderborn on Friday.

The burly Danish midfielder is out for the rest of 2019 after tearing ankle ligaments early in Monday’s 1-1 draw against the Republic of Ireland which put Denmark through to the Euro 2020 finals.

Dortmund expect Delaney to return after the January winter break.

There is also a question mark as to whether club captain Marco Reus will recover in time from an ankle injury.

Dortmund crashed 4-0 …

Split Loyalty For Klopp Ahead Of Dortmund-Schalke Derby

October 25, 2019 4:24 pm

Former Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp admits he has split loyalty for Saturday’s hotly-anticipated Ruhr Derby with both Schalke and arch-rivals Dortmund capable of going top of the Bundesliga.

The current Liverpool boss led Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, yet is torn over this weekend’s match in Gelsenkirchen with close friend David Wagner now the head coach of the hosts.

“This is the craziest situation in my life,” Klopp admitted recently at an event in Dortmund.

“I am 100 percent black-and-yellow (for Dortmund), but now my best friend is the Schalke coach.

“I still don’t know …

Inter Milan Beat Dortmund To Enter Champions League Last 16

October 23, 2019 6:11 pm

Lautaro Martinez and Antonio Candreva scored in either half to boost Inter Milan’s Champions League last 16 hopes on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Group F rival Borussia Dortmund.

Argentina forward Lautaro Martinez continued his fine form scoring after 22 minutes in the San Siro, but missed a chance for a second from the penalty spot eight minutes from time.

But Candreva sealed the three points a minute from time to move Antonio Conte’s side move off the bottom of Group F having fallen 2-1 to Barcelona and holding Slavia Prague 1-1.

Inter join Dortmund on four points with …