After Haller shock: does Bayern challenger Dortmund react with a mega transfer?
Created: 07/21/2022, 17:20
By: Patrick Mayer
Once played together for Atlético Madrid: Luis Suarez (left) and Antoine Griezmann.
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After the tumor diagnosis, Borussia Dortmund has to do without Haaland's successor Sebastien Haller for an indefinite period of time.
BVB is offered a star striker who is currently without a club.
Munich/Dortmund – He should really take off as the successor to superstar Erling Haaland at Borussia Dortmund.
But after Sebastien Haller was diagnosed with a tumor in his testicles, his health came first.
The striker, who BVB signed from Ajax Amsterdam for a reported fee of 31 million euros, is being investigated these days.
Tumor in the testicles: Sebastien Haller and Borussia Dortmund are waiting for an exact diagnosis
After Haller's diagnosis became known, Dortmund's managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke declared that he would not "fall into rush and activism".
From my point of view, it is a moral and ethical problem.
We mustn't speculate about a player's health before there are crystal-clear diagnoses," said Watzke: "And it will be a few days before that happens." The primary question is whether the tumor is malignant or - what everyone is hoping for - is benign.
Urologist Sebastian Wille explained at
Sport1
that there are "non-cancerous tumors, i.e. benign".
Nevertheless, BVB is currently looking for a possible replacement, even if it is only on an interim basis, should new signing Sebastien Haller not be out for too long.
As the
picture
reports, the Westphalians were offered several strikers within a short time.
According to
Sky
, Luis Suarez, who is currently without a club, is also one of them.
Accordingly, his advisor had made representations to BVB.
In the video: Dortmund: That's what coach Terzic says about Haller's shock message
The 35-year-old Uruguayan played for Atlético Madrid last season.
But: The Spaniards had not extended the contract with the massive center forward, whose market value
transfermarkt.de
estimates at around eight million euros.
BVB coach Edin Terzic called for patience: "We don't know exactly how long the downtime will be," said the 39-year-old coach, referring to Haller.
In any case, the diagnosis throws the West Germans back, if they actually wanted to challenge FC Bayern Munich for the championship in the coming season of the Bundesliga.
For that they will need (at least) one goalscorer.
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Out for the time being: Sebastien Haller from Borussia Dortmund.
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Luis Suarez to BVB?
Striker met Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League
Suarez had scored 11 goals and provided three assists in 35 La Liga appearances last season.
In the 2020/21 season it was a proud 21 goals and three assists in 32 games.
In his mid-thirties, however, his very best time is behind him.
In the 2015/16 season, Suarez scored 40 goals in 35 games and prepared 18 more goals for FC Barcelona.
With the Catalans, for whom he played between 2014 and 2020, he became the 2015 Champions League winner.
With Barca he also met BVB in the group stage of the premier class in 2019/20, scoring 1-0 in the second leg (3-1).
Will his path soon lead back to Dortmund in the Ruhr area?
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