Erling Haaland out, Karim Adeyemi in.
Borussia Dortmund accomplished a busy day of switch exercise on Tuesday by signing Germany ahead Adeyemi from Austrian champion Salzburg to melt the blow of dropping its star participant to Manchester City.
Dortmund and City stated earlier Tuesday that that they had agreed in precept to a switch for the 21-year-old Haaland on July 1, topic to the participant agreeing to non-public phrases.
The Bundesliga membership then stated the 20-year-old Adeyemi signed a contract by way of June 2027 after finishing a medical examination earlier within the day.
“Adeyemi is a highly talented, young German international who through his strong finishing and incredible pace will make a valuable addition to our attacking play,” Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc stated. “After the transfers of Niklas Süle and Nico Schlotterbeck, we are getting another very exciting player for next season.”
Sebastian Kehl, who will take over from Zorc subsequent season, famous that Adeyemi was a Dortmund fan in his youth and that he determined to signal for the membership regardless of “several offers from Europe’s top leagues.”
Adeyemi leads the Austrian Bundesliga with 19 objectives, and he has scored three for Salzburg within the Champions League. He made his Germany debut in a World Cup qualifier towards Armenia and scored his first worldwide objective final September.
He will not be anticipated to match Haaland’s spectacular objective haul after following the identical path. Haaland scored 84 objectives in 86 video games throughout the Bundesliga, German Cup, and Champions League since becoming a member of Dortmund from Salzburg in January 2020.
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Haaland’s departure is simply the newest in what has change into a Dortmund development of attacking stars leaving the membership. Robert Lewandowski left for Bayern Munich in 2014, Ousmane Dembélé for Barcelona in 2017, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Arsenal a 12 months later, then Christian Pulisic for Chelsea in 2019 earlier than Jadon Sancho switched to Manchester United final 12 months.
The Munich-born Adeyemi got here by way of the youth setups at Bayern Munich and SpVgg Unterhaching earlier than becoming a member of Salzburg in 2018. He benefited from Patson Daka’s switch to Leicester earlier than the 2021-22 season to change into an undisputed starter for Salzburg.
“It was quickly clear to me that I wanted to switch to Dortmund when I found out about the club’s interest,” Adeyemi stated. “I deliberately signed for the long term because I’m convinced that we’ll be an exciting team that will be able to play for and win titles in the medium term.”
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— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) May 10, 2022
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
