Ian Maatsen and Jadon Sancho could both join Borussia Dortmund this month.
Borussia
Dortmund are ‘confident’ they will sign Ian Maatsen 🌜 from Chelsea in the winter transfer
window, according to reports.
Maatsen spent last season on loan at Burnley, helping
Vincent Kompany’s 🌜 men win the Championship at a canter.
The Clarets tried to sign the
Dutch full-back for £30million in the summer but 🌜 he was not keen to leave Stamford
Bridge on a permanent basis.
Minutes have been very hard to come by this 🌜 term, starting
only once in the Premier League.
Mauricio Pochettino has opted against giving Maatsen
more playing time despite the rumours 🌜 linking the 21-year-old with a move away from
Stamford Bridge.
Manchester City are one of the teams believed to be interested 🌜 in
signing the Dutch international, which would certainly be an interesting move.
Borussia
Dortmund are the most recent team to be 🌜 linked with Maatsen, though. If Dortmund want
one of your young players, you should probably try a bit harder to 🌜 keep
them.
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According to the Telegraph, 🌜 the German giants are ‘confident’ they
will land the Chelsea youngster this month.
It has not been decided whether or not
🌜 Maatsen will join Dortmund or loan or on a permanent deal.
The Blues would prefer to
sell the player, while Dortmund 🌜 would prefer a loan deal, it is claimed.
Despite the
difference in intentions, ‘the expectation in Germany’ is that a deal 🌜 will be done.
The
report says Dortmund’s efforts to sign Maatsen make no difference to their pursuit of
Manchester United winger 🌜 Jadon Sancho.
Dortmund have been linked since Sancho fell out
of favour at Old Trafford in September and they have stepped 🌜 up their interest in
recent days.
Fabrizio Romano provided an update on Wednesday, saying the Bundesliga
club want a deal to 🌜 be sealed ‘very soon’.
“Jadon Sancho deal is already advancing to
key stages! Sancho wants Borussia Dortmund and the German club 🌜 want deal to happen very
soon. Talks underway,” he wrote on X.
“Man United, now open to accept loan but they’ll
🌜 have to pay part of Sancho’s salary BVB will have to pay loan fee.”
Meanwhile, Florian
Plettenberg says it is unclear 🌜 whether or not Sancho’s move from Manchester United to
Dortmund will include an option to buy.
A “verbal agreement” between Sancho 🌜 and his
former club “is done”, though.
He said: “Whether there will be an option to buy is not
yet confirmed. 🌜 Currently, further details of the loan are still being negotiated.
“All
parties aim to finalize the deal quickly, allowing Sancho to 🌜 travel to the BVB training
camp in Marbella!
“Sancho, waiting for the final agreement between the clubs. Verbal
agreement is done.”
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