If you want to know what’s wrong with the high-stakes European transfer market, you just need to have followed the saga of young Frenchman Ousmane Dembele, Christian Pulisic‘s fellowteen and rising star at Borussia Dortmund. French newspaper L’Equipe, which has reported extensively on the case, revealed on Thursday that a pair of representatives, attorney BadouSambagu […]
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Dortmund signs Sweden's 'new Ibrahimovic'
A year after making his debut with AIK Stockholm at the age of 16, Alexander Isak, the son of Eritrean immigrants, earned a transfer for $10.8 million to Borussia Dortmund, where he joinsEurope’s greatest collection of teenage talent. “Isak is rewriting history and I am not surprised,” said Swedish national team coach Janne Anderson. “I knew […]
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Christian Pulisic extends his Borussia Dortmund contract
Christian Pulisic, whose original contract with Borussia Dortmund ran through the 2018-19 season, has signed a new contract that ties him to the Bundesliga club through the 2019-20season. Pulisic, who signed with Dortmund in 2015, had reportedly been courted by several clubs. “I still have a lot to learn,” saidPulisic, who made his Bundesliga debut […]
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Bundesliga break isn't what it used to be
Of the major European leagues, Germany’s Bundesliga has the longest winter break — a little more than four weeks — but it isn’t what it used to be. Thirty years ago, the Bundesliga took 11 weeksoff. As recently as two years ago, the Bundesliga broke for six weeks. In 2016, play resumed after four and […]
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U.S. Abroad: Gyau moves to German 3. Liga
Joe Gyau became the third American to join German 3. Liga club Sonnenhof Grossaspach when he signed from Borussia Dortmund, where a knee suffered playing for the USA in 2014 derailed apromising career. Gyau originallyhurt his knee during the Landon Donovan farewell game against Ecuador in October 2014, a month after making his debut with […]
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LA Galaxy: Jones joins new U.S. mate Lletget in midfield
The Galaxy midfield is not an easy group to crack, and by doing so with some success Sebastian Lletget has earned a contract extension. In a revamped Galaxy midfield he will joinJermaine Jones, who has signed a deal by which the team used TAM to lower his salary below the Designated Player threshold of $480,625 for […]
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Christian Pulisic's amazing year — and what lies ahead
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla At the club that leads the world in home attendance with 81,300 fans per game,a 17-year-old American made his pro debut in January. By year’s end, Christian Pulisic played in 21 Bundesliga games, made nine European competition appearances, and became theyoungest American to play in World Cup qualifying. What can we […]
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Dortmund teen Dembele injured after another great performance
French teenager Ousmane Dembele put on another tantalizing display, setting up Mario Goetze and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for goals to give 10-man Borussia Dortmund a 2-2 tie atunbeaten, at Hoffenheim, but Dembele was taken off on a stretcher after a collision with Benjamin Hubner in the 69th minute.
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Report: Borussia Dortmund eyes Italian Gabbiadini
Corriere del Mezzogiorno reported that Borussia Dortmund has approached Napoli about acquiring Italian striker Manolo Gabbiadini. A $30 million bid for Gabbiadini was rejected over thesummer, but he is believed to be available for less as failing as a fill-in for injured Arkadiusz Milik. A price of about $20 million should attract other bidders like […]
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U.S. Abroad: Offers for Pulisic 'waste of time'
As the winter transfer window approaches, talk is heating up again of an impending offer by Liverpool for 18-year-old American Christian Pulisic, but Borussia Dortmund’s sporting director,Michael Zorc, says to not bother. “We have made it quite clear that we are not going to sell Christian and that we are planning with him,” Zorc told […]