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Borussia Dortmund is apparently interested in Everton again

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December 20, 2021

BVB is apparently again interested in the Brazilian international Everton and Erik Meijer has identified the black and yellow’s biggest problem. The news and rumors about Borussia Dortmund.

The news and rumors about BVB from the previous day can be found here.

BVB apparently interested in Everton again

BVB is apparently interested in Benfica’s Everton again. That reports UOL esports from Brasil.

According to the report, in addition to the black and yellow ones, AC Milan and FC Everton should also stretch their feelers for the 25-year-old, who is currently not playing at Benfica as desired.

At Benfica, the offensive man, who came to Portugal from Porto Alegre in 2020, cannot meet his expectations anyway. In the current season he is currently with four goals and five assists in 25 competitive appearances, in three of the last four league games he sat on the bench for 90 minutes.

Therefore, BVB should monitor Everton’s situation very closely, even if he is under contract with Benfica until 2025.

Before moving to Benfica in 2020, BVB is said to have had the 25-time Brazilian international in their sights.

Strike professionals, problem children, head coach: This is how the Dortmund departures did

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Jadon Sancho, Ousmane Dembele, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – in the past five years, BVB has left some top-class players. How have the departures fared since 2016?

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2016/17 season – HENRIKH MKHITARYAN – for 42 million to ManUnited. Back then Dortmund’s record sales, but was just as unhappy at ManUnited as it was afterwards at Arsenal. Now a Roma player.

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MATS HUMMELS – for 35 million to Bavaria. Went back to his training club, stayed there for a few years and returned to Dortmund. But currently in a difficult situation at BVB.

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ILKAY GÜNDOGAN – for 27 million to ManCity. Left BVB as a top international player and developed into a world class with the Citizens. Gündogan has been a top performer in Manchester for five years – that should be enough as a seal of quality.

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JAKUB BLASZCZYKOWSKI – for five million to Wolfsburg. After eight years at BVB, Cuba moved within the league, but was not happy in Wolfsburg. After two years he fled to Krakow.

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MORITZ LEITNER – for 1.5 million to Lazio. Leitner’s departure to Rome was only the beginning of an odyssey: After Lazio came FC Augsburg, then Norwich City, and now he plays in Zurich.

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2017/18 season – OUSMANE DEMBELE – for 135m to Barca. Dortmund’s record transfer. Dembele went on strike with Barca, wanted very high – and has been in a kind of permanent crisis ever since. Symbol of the money-burning machine Barca.

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PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG – to Arsenal for 64 million. Another strike professional. Auba quickly made friends in London and started shooting wildly. But his antics remain notorious, the player still standing in his own way.

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MATTHIAS GINTER – for 17 million to Gladbach. Ginter could never prevail in Dortmund, tried one floor below. Good decision, even if Borussia is currently facing serious problems.

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EMRE MOR – for 13 million to Celta Vigo. Dortmund’s problem child did not find its way in Vigo either. Just one goal in three years, on loan to Galatasaray and Olympiakos. The Turk apparently remains an eternal talent …

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SVEN BENDER – for 12 million to Leverkusen. Manni wanted to play with brother Lars, so the change. Then it worked out quite well. The twins have been out of professional business since summer, careers ended.

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ADRIAN RAMOS – for 12 million to Ljangjiang / Granada. The Colombian sold himself to China, but then played for Granada in Spain. Not intoxicatingly successful, however. Return home to America de Cali in winter 2020.

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MIKEL MERINO – for 7 million to Newcastle. Went first on loan, then permanently to the Magpies. After only a year it was over, after returning to Spain to Real Sociedad, Merino really blossoms and is even a Spanish international.

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PASCAL STENZEL – for 4 million to Freiburg. Stenzel wanted to stay in the Bundesliga and went to Freiburg. But was never a regular there, so we went on to Stuttgart. But never regular players there, outcome open.

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Season 2018/19 – CHRISTIAN PULISIC – for 64 million to Chelsea FC. Actually quite happy in London – if only it weren’t for the injuries. Pulisic missed almost a whole year because he was injured all the time.

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ANDRIJ YARMOLENKO – to West Ham for 20 million. In Dortmund, Yarmolenko was a sloppy genius. In London: is he a sloppy genius. Could do a lot more, but it shows too seldom.

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SOKRATIS – for 16 million to Arsenal. And another one for the Gunners. But Sokratis also showed too little in London, still playing for Olympiacos in his old days.

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GONZALO CASTRO – for 5 million to VfB. Castro was supposed to stabilize Stuttgart – and was immediately relegated. After the rise again, the shock in the summer: the contract was not extended. According to the picture in Bielefeld, Castro is standing in front of the signature.

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NURI SAHIN – for 1 million to Bremen. Sahin had a good season in Bremen, then the crash followed. The almost descent was followed by a descent, but then Sahin was gone again. Finished his career at Antalyaspor and is now head coach.

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2019/20 season – ABDOU DIALLO – for 32 million to PSG. Was only in Dortmund for a year, but wanted to win the Champions League with PSG. So far an unfulfilled dream. Not a regular in Paris.

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PACO ALCACER – for 23 million to Villarreal. He won the Europa League with the Submarinos and is allowed to play in the premier class. A killer in front of the gate like in Dortmund was Alcacer recently – also because of injuries – no longer.

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JULIAN WEIGL – for 20 million to Benfica. With the move to Portugal, Weigl disappeared from the radar, also with regard to his national team ambitions. Weigl plays a pretty good role in Lisbon.

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MAXIMILIAN PHILIPP – for 20 million to Dinamo Moscow. The ex-Freiburg resident could not really play at BVB, after a mixed time in Russia since October 2020 back in the Bundesliga at VfL Wolfsburg.

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ALEXANDER ISAK – for 15 million to Real Sociedad. Was at BVB for 2 years, rarely got a chance and only played 13 times. After a successful loan to Willem II, he joined Real Sociedad. Things are going very well for him there.

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JACOB BRUUN LARSEN – for 9 million to Hoffenheim. In the winter of 2020, the Danes moved to the Kraichgau, where they had a difficult start. Regularly in action at the beginning of the season after a loan to Anderlecht, injured since November.

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SEBASTIAN RODE – to Frankfurt for 4 million. Firmly returned to Eintracht after a previous loan in the summer of 2019. However, the captain always struggles with injury problems.

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SHINJI KAGAWA – for 3 million to Zaragoza. After a loan to Besiktas, the Japanese joined second division Zaragoza in 2019. There his contract was terminated. The same threatens him at PAOK Saloniki.

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Season 20/21 – ÖMER TOPRAK – for 4 million to Bremen. Previously on loan, fixed at Werder since summer 2020. Remained loyal to the green-whites despite the descent and rose to become captain. Important but injury-prone support.

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MARIO GÖTZE – free transfer to Eindhoven. The 2014 World Cup hero found his way back on track at PSV, but was also disappointed when he missed the CL qualification. Also waiting for his first goal in the Eredivisie this season.

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2021/22 season – JADON SANCHO – for 85 million to ManUnited. After moving to the island, he had difficulties starting up. Was last used regularly under Solskjaer’s successor Rangnick and scored his first CL goal.

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LEONARDO BALERDI – for 11 million to Marseille. The central defender has already been red-handed twice and has also been suspended from a yellow card. Was used a total of eleven times, but was no longer the first choice in the end.

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THOMAS DELANEY – for 6 million to Seville. The Dane is regularly used by the Andalusians, but only rarely for more than 90 minutes. Made his goal debut recently, securing the victory for Sevilla in a 1-0 win in Bilbao.

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JEREMY TOLJAN – for 3.5 million to Sassuolo. Moved from Hoffenheim to BVB in 2017 and was initially a regular employee. Things went downhill under Favre and therefore on loan to Celtic and Sassuolo. It was there that the 2017 U21 European champions won a new contract.

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SERGIO GOMEZ – for 2.2 million to Anderlecht. The left-back with an offensive urge takes off in Belgium. The 21-year-old has already scored five goals and ten assists in 25 competitive games.

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LUKASZ PISZCZEK – free transfer to Goczalkowice. After eleven years at BVB, the crowd favorite said goodbye to his homeland in the summer. There he ends his career at his youth club.

BVB: That is Borussia Dortmund’s biggest problem

TV expert Erik Meijer has explained what, in his opinion, is the biggest problem for BVB.

“Borussia’s biggest problem is on the defensive – even with Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji there had been too many goals conceded before. Your own great offensive can’t score that many goals to always win,” Meijer wrote in his kicker-Column.

In the current season, BVB conceded 26 goals in 17 games and thus even four hits more than the table penultimate Arminia Bielefeld – three of them in the bitter 3-2 defeat on the 17th matchday against Hertha.

At the same time, Meijer’s championship fight is almost over. “The Munich team are too good, and the competition shows too little consistency for it to be tight again with a difference of nine points,” explained Meijer.

This is “a shame” and “frustrating” for the attractiveness and balance of the Bundesliga, added the long-time Bundesliga professional.

BVB: The upcoming games

date	contest	opponent
Saturday, January 8th, 6.30 p.m.	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt (Away)
Friday, January 14th, 8.30 p.m.	Bundesliga	SC Freiburg (home)
Tuesday, January 18, 8:45 p.m.	DFB Cup	FC St. Pauli (Away)