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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