Dortmund's Delaney deal with Seville is apparently shaky

The negotiations between Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla FC over a transfer of Thomas Delaney have apparently stalled. A BVB quartet around Mats Hummels is returning to training. Also: BVB is visiting Freiburg today. You can find all news and rumors here.

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BVB, rumor: Delaney deal with Sevilla is shaky

Thomas Delaney is actually supposed to leave BVB this summer. Sevilla FC is considered to be very interested, but the transfer is not yet in sight. Like the Spanish one Marca Now reported, the negotiations are said to have stalled.

According to Spain’s largest sports newspaper, the fronts have hardened. BVB is demanding a transfer of ten million euros for Delaney and is currently not ready to move away from this amount. But that’s too much for Seville.

So there are currently no movements in the negotiations, but that could change in the next two weeks. Delaney is still the preferred player of Seville’s sports director Monchi, and the Dane would like to leave BVB a year before the end of the contract.

Thomas Delaney: performance data 20/21

contest	Games	Gates	Assists	Minutes played
Bundesliga	20th	1	1	1,289
Champions League	7th	–	1	429
DFB Cup	6th	–	2	388
DFL Supercup	1	–	1	90
TOTAL	34	1	5	2,196

Dortmund, News: BVB quartet around Hummels before comeback

Mats Hummels is about to make a comeback at Borussia Dortmund. The defense chief resumed team training after his patellar tendon problems.

Borussia Dortmund can hope that the personnel situation will ease soon. With Hummels, Emre Can, Julian Brandt and Raphael Guerreiro, five recently sorely missed professionals are about to make a comeback. “We have a few guys who are on the verge of becoming an option again – even if they haven’t had much training so far,” said Dortmund coach Marco Rose before the Bundesliga game on Saturday at SC Freiburg.

The coach left it open whether one of the players is already an option in Breisgau. But since they only trained with the team for the first time on Friday, a starting line-up is unlikely. “After the final training we will decide who makes sense, who is there and who is not,” commented Rose.

Scores for the Supercup: BVB defender hair-raising – a one at Bayern

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FC Bayern Munich won the first title of the season. In the Supercup, the record champions won 3-1 against BVB, who made hair-raising defensive mistakes. The notes and individual reviews.

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BORUSSIA DORTMUND – GREGOR KOBEL: Underlined his status as number one. Good control of the penalty area and sovereign play with the ball. Powerless against Lewandowski’s header (41.). No chance at 0: 2 and 1: 3. Grade: 3.5.

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FELIX PASSLACK: Had big problems against Davies and Bayern’s rotating wings. His failed back pass should have meant the early deficit (10th). Too passive against Gnabry before the 0-1. Was lured before the 0: 2 (50th). Grade: 5.5.

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AXEL WITSEL: Once again radiated a lot of security in an unfamiliar position. Strong rescue act after Gnabry’s flank (8th). He was spot on with Lewandowski’s shot and cleared the line with his shoulder blade (34th). Note 3.

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MANUEL AKANJI: I kept calm in the hectic opening phase with good positional play. Too far away from Lewandowski in front of his gate. In the build-up of the game actually safe until he led the 1: 3 against Tolisso completely headless (74th). Grade: 5.

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NICO SCHULZ: I was lucky that his hair-raising bad pass was not punished by Gnabry (6th). Now and then a little sleepy against the fast Coman. At least a bit more active offensive than Passlack. Grade: 4.

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MAHMOUD DAHOUD: Huge amount of running, always playable. But he found the brilliant ideas too seldom. Simple loss of the ball against Müller (38th). Conquered many balls for it and took out a few free kicks. Note 3.

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JUDE BELLINGHAM: The tackle machine in Rose’s diamond system! Great pass to Reus (20th). Put the hit from Reus exemplary. Lost the ball unusually often. Grade: 3.5.

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GIOVANNI REYNA: Worked an enormous amount backwards. Enormously poisonous in duels (16). To restrain a bit in the attacking game, he did not shoot at goal. Its many flanks brought little danger. Grade: 4.

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MARCO REUS: leader of the Dortmund offensive pressing at the beginning. Had the 1-0 on the foot, but failed because of the brilliantly reacting newcomer. Then for a long time without access, before he hit the connection with a dream goal. Whipped his team on. Note 3.

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YOUSSOUFA MOUKOKO: The 16-year-old caused danger with his lively manner, but made some wrong decisions. Switched to Haalands Pass too late (29th). Clearly offside with his supposed goal (36th). Grade: 4.5.

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ERLING HAALAND: At the beginning it bounced off Süle (4th). Did a lot of sprints and thus tore gaps. His acceptance of the ball deserved a goal (39th). Got into the offside trap (53rd). With some good ideas that his teammates didn’t use. Note 3.

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DONYELL MALEN (from 58th): Replaced Moukoko and immediately showed Upamecano his liveliness (59th). Bad positional play after Haaland’s nice preparatory work (61.). Was left without a degree. The new addition still needs time. Grade: 4.

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MARCO PASALIC (from 78th): Came in for the final offensive for Reyna and thus made his debut with the BVB professionals. The 20-year-old remained without any significant action. No rating.

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REINIER (from 84th): The newly crowned Olympic champion was substituted on for Bellingham. No rating.

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MARIUS WOLF (from 84): The returnees came for Passlack and lined up on the right side of the defense. No rating.

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FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN – MANUEL NEUER: With his brilliant parade against Reus (20th) an important factor early on and one of the match winners, but powerless when the BVB captain flipped to the next goal. Grade: 2.

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Josip Stanisic: Not always safe when playing with the ball, especially in the many pressing phases of Dortmund in passage one, the home-grown man wobbled a few times. But solid in terms of combat. Note 3.

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DAYOT UPAMECANO: Much safer than in the league opener against Gladbach, this time did not get carried away with unnecessary fouls or lack of concentration. With a duel rate of 75 percent, the best duel at FCB. Grade: 2.5.

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NIKLAS SÜLE: A little more confident than Upamecano. Haaland braked time and again, and also came up with an excellent game opening – in contrast to the Dortmund central defenders. Grade: 2.

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ALPHONSO DAVIES: Important rescue act on the 26th when he stole the ball from Moukoko’s foot while sprinting back. Also significantly involved in the 2-0. But also with a high error rate (24 ball losses – maximum value). Note 3.

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JOSHUA KIMMICH: Toxic in a duel, sure in the passing game. He dared to do a lot of things in the opposing half and convinced with some clever lateral shifts. So everything as usual. Grade: 2.

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LEON GORETZKA: Like Kimmich, a reliable constant in the center. Best ball conqueror at FCB with nine ball wins. Grade: 2.

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SERGE GNABRY: Clearly improved compared to the Gladbach game, replenished with a perfectly timed template to 1-0 self-confidence and was involved in many other good offensive actions. Also worked back consistently. Grade: 2.5.

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THOMAS MÜLLER: He scored the 2-0 in the meantime. Otherwise without any noteworthy offensive action. Note 3.

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KINGSLEY COMAN: Hard-working and hard-working as ever, with a good duel rate (71 percent), but without any personal income. Replaced shortly after half-time. Grade: 3.5.

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ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI: Desperate his ex-club again and again. In addition to his double pack, he was also involved in the Müller-Tor. World class. Note 1.

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LEROY SANE: Came in 49th for Coman. Put himself in the service of the team, but Sane didn’t manage anything offensively. Grade: 3.5.

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CORENTIN TOLISSO: Came in the 73rd minute for Gnabry and initiated the decisive 3: 1 by Lewandowski with his win over Akanji. Top joker. Grade: 2.

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JAMAL MUSIALA: Like Tolisso, I was allowed to take part in the place of Müller for almost a quarter of an hour. Indicated his potential with one or two good dribbles. Note 3.

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BOUNA SARR: Replaced Stanisic just before the end. No rating.

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ERIC MAXIM CHOUPO-MOTING: Came in 88th for Lewandowski. No rating.

BVB, News: Zorc on Watzke: “He’s so pessimistic”

Sports director Michael Zorc and managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke made sure that Borussia Dortmund is where it is at the moment thanks to their successful work together over many years. And yet both BVB alpha animals are different.

Behind the scenes at Borussia Dortmund, Michael Zorc and Hans-Joachim Watzke do not always agree. Or rather, Zorc seems to be a much more optimistic contemporary.

in the WDR2-Podcast “Simply football” said the BVB manager about Watzke: “He’s so pessimistic, that’s cruel. If all his predictions had come true in recent years, I would now be working somewhere in the third division.”

Zorc also told about his relationship with top player agent Mino Raiola. You can find all statements about it here.

Dortmund, News: BVB visits SC Freiburg

The Dortmunders are this afternoon (from 3:30 p.m. in the live ticker) at SC Freiburg. This is how both teams could play:

Sc freiburg: Flekken – Lienhart, Heintz, N. Schlotterbeck – Schmid, Keitel, Höfler, Günter – Sallai, Grifo – Höler
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel – Can, Witsel, Akanji, N. Schulz – Dahoud – Bellingham, Reyna – Reus – Moukoko, Haaland

Bundesliga: The 2nd matchday at a glance

date	Kicking off	home	Away	Result
20th of August	8.30 p.m.	RB Leipzig	VfB Stuttgart	4: 0 (1: 0)
August 21	3.30 p.m.	Eintracht Frankfurt	FC Augsburg	-: –
August 21	3.30 p.m.	Sc freiburg	Borussia Dortmund	-: –
August 21	3.30 p.m.	Hertha BSC	VfL Wolfsburg	-: –
August 21	3.30 p.m.	VfL Bochum	1. FSV Mainz 05	-: –
August 21	3.30 p.m.	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Arminia Bielefeld	-: –
August 21	6.30 p.m.	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach	-: –
August 22nd	3.30 p.m.	1899 Hoffenheim	Union Berlin	-: –
August 22nd	5.30 p.m.	Bayern Munich	1. FC Cologne	-: –