BVB, news and rumours: Haaland return sooner than expected?

Top striker Erling Haaland could apparently return to the lawn sooner than originally thought. And Dortmund’s management apparently wants to push for a contract extension with left-back Raphael Guerreiro. You can read BVB news here.

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BVB, news and rumours: Haaland return sooner than expected?

Dortmund’s top striker Erling Haaland could apparently return to the pitch sooner than originally thought. That reports sports1. After tearing a muscle fiber in the game against Hoffenheim, he is already on the mend.

According to the report, the Norwegian could play again for the next Bundesliga matchday in early February against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. That would be good news for Dortmund, as the team in the league scores an average of 1.3 more goals with Haaland on the field than without him (source: opta).

BVB, rumor: Dortmund probably wants to extend with Guerreiro

Dortmund’s management apparently wants to push for a contract extension with left-back Raphael Guerreiro. BVB says so Ruhr news already made clear to the Portuguese.

The 28-year-old still has a contract with Dortmund until 2023. In 2016 he came from FC Lorient for an estimated transfer fee of 12 million euros. Even before his extension in 2019, some top teams such as Paris St-Germain and FC Barcelona were interested in Guerreiro.

All previous Turks at BVB: “The guy was incredible”

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12 Brazilians have played for BVB in the history of Borussia Dortmund – no foreign nation is represented more often. Players from Turkey follow in second place. SPOX looks at the 9 previous Turks at BVB and says what became of them.

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ERDAL KESER (116 competitive games, 30 goals from 1980 to 1987): The first Turkish professional in the black and yellow dress was a real noble technician. The offensive player came to Germany with his family in 1971 at the age of ten.

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Finally made his BL debut at the age of 19, two years later Keser was loaned out to Galatasaray and made 25 appearances for Turkey. After his career, inter alia, assistant coach of the national team and technical director of the Turkish Football Association.

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DENIZ SAHIN (0 competitive games from 1991 to 2005): He was never enough for the pros, but he was a fixture in BVB’s second team – as evidenced by 183 competitive games (12 goals). Then went to Gütersloh.

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He was in the BL squad of BVB professionals 7 times, once he was on the bench in the UEFA Cup. He once played for Rot Weiss Ahlen in the DFB Cup. After retiring, embarked on a coaching career and was most recently a coach at SG Selm in the Unna district.

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YASIN ÖZTEKIN (2 competitive games for the pros from 1996 to 2011): Born in Dortmund, he went through numerous youth teams at BVB and was then mostly on the ball with the U23s. Made his BL debut in January 2009 against Leverkusen.

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When he went to Turkey, his career took off. He won six titles with Galatasaray and became a national team player. Was also active for Göztepe and Sivasspor, today at the age of 34 he plays in the 2nd division for Samsunspor.

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NIZAMETTIN CALISKAN (2 competitive games for the professionals from 1999 to 2006): At the age of 17 he was awarded the best player at the prestigious Junior Cup in 2005. In the summer, he was promptly promoted to the professional squad under Bert van Marwijk.

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“The guy was incredible. I was really surprised that he didn’t make it permanently to the professional in Germany,” said Sebastian Tyrala in an interview with SPOX and Goal about Caliskan. He found happiness in Turkey. Today with 34 at Manisa FK.

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MEHMET AKGÜN (3 competitive games for the pros from 2001 to 2007): Twice as a substitute, once in the starting XI: That is the professional record for the 35-year-old today. However, he made it into the top 20 of the BVB history books in one category.

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Akgün came into action in July 2004 at the age of 17 years, 11 months and 11 days in the 1-0 draw in Genk, making him one of the youngest Dortmund players ever to play. He later played 80 more times in the Süper Lig for Besiktas, Genclerbirligi and Erciyesspor.

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NURI SAHIN (274 competitive games, 26 goals from 2001 to 2018): Probably the most prominent representative of this series. Once broke the record and at 16 became the youngest player in BL history. A loan to Feyenoord followed before he grabbed it at BVB.

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Was part of Jurgen Klopp’s squad who became champions from scratch in 2011. Then the temptation for Real Madrid was too great, in 2014 he returned to BVB. Via Werder he went to Antalyaspor in Turkey, where he also began his coaching career.

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MAHIR SAGLIK (2 competitive games from 2004 to 2005): The striker only played for one season on loan in Dortmund and came from LR Ahlen. Was on the bench seven times with the pros and got a total of 59 minutes of play in the UI Cup against Genk.

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Saglik spent the rest of the season at BVB II – and things went well there: he scored 12 stalls in 30 competitive games. From Dortmund it went to Austria, followed by 12 other professional clubs. Still active for Verl in league 3 at the age of 39.

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EMRE MOR (19 competitive games, 1 goal from 2016 to 2017): Was referred to as the “Turkish Messi”, BVB cost him almost 10 million euros. In addition to some nice dribbling, he was remembered above all for his stubbornness and unprofitable art.

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Mor moved on to Celta Vigo, but was unable to assert himself there. Loans to Galatasaray and Piraeus followed, but he didn’t leave a lasting impression there either. Currently on loan number 3 at Karagümrük in the Süper Lig.

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ÖMER TOPRAK (51 competitive games from 2017 to 2019): Thomas Tuchel really wanted him, so he came from Leverkusen for 12 million euros. However, his body always bothered the central defender, so that he never became the undisputed regular player.

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Then went on loan to Werder, where he got injured again and again. The Bremen company then bought Toprak for 4 million. He remained loyal to the green-whites even after they were relegated and rose to become captain. Meanwhile 32 and important support.

BVB, News: Rose starts second winter preparation

Due to the weekend without games, Borussia Dortmund has almost two weeks to prepare for the next competitive game in the Bundesliga against Leverkusen. Coach Marco Rose agrees that there is enough time to sharpen one or the other process.

“We’ll use the break and train well. The focus will be on defending and tackling,” Rose announced right after the Hoffenheim game. A test match is loud Ruhr news but not planned for this time.

BVB, Schedule: The upcoming games

date	contest	opponent
Sunday, February 6th, 3:30 p.m	Bundesliga	Bayer Leverkusen (home)
Sunday, February 13, 3:30 p.m	Bundesliga	Union Berlin (Away)
Thursday, February 17, 6:45 p.m	Europe League	Glasgow Rangers (home)
Sunday, February 20, 5:30 p.m	Bundesliga	Borussia Monchengladbach (home)
Thursday, February 24th, 9 p.m	Europe League	Glasgow Rangers (Away)