Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl has revealed he desires to maintain Chelsea midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka on the membership.
The 21-year-old joined Dortmund on mortgage in February and made 16 appearances final season, scoring as soon as.
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Chukwuemeka was additionally a part of Dortmund’s Membership World Cup squad, with Chelsea extending his mortgage to cowl the knockout stage.
With Dortmund dropping within the quarter-finals to Actual Madrid on Saturday, Chukwuemeka’s mortgage has now come to an finish, however Kehl believes it won’t be the final time he seems in black and yellow.
“Carney’s mortgage ends at present,” stated Kehl, talking on Saturday following Dortmund’s 3-2 defeat to Actual in New Jersey.
“That was what we agreed with Chelsea. Now, let’s see. We will certainly have some extra discussions within the subsequent few days about his state of affairs. I feel it was an excellent transfer from Carney to hitch us.
“Now let’s have a look at how we handle every part. It will not be simple, however for certain we’ll attempt to maintain him as a result of he is an excellent participant. This matter is one thing for the longer term, and proper now I don’t know what is going to occur.”
Chelsea worth Chukwuemeka at £40m, the identical quantity as his launch clause. That makes a everlasting switch troublesome for Dortmund until the asking value drops.
talkSPORT understands Dortmund are open to a different mortgage, probably with an possibility or obligation to purchase, and that discussions on protecting Chukwuemeka past final season began in Might.
“It is all the time simpler to mortgage a participant than to purchase one, particularly inside Carney’s [price] vary. However let’s have a look at,” stated Kehl. “We’re not that far superior [in talks] for the time being, however I can let you know that we’re fairly near the participant, and he loves Dortmund, so that is fairly good. Every little thing else can be determined between Chelsea and us. That will not be tomorrow. That will not be on Tuesday. I feel it can take some extra days.”
Dortmund and Chelsea get pleasure from a superb relationship and have already carried out enterprise this summer season. Jamie Gittens’ £52m change to Chelsea was made official on Saturday, with the 20-year-old winger signing a seven-year contract.
Chelsea had initially needed Gittens by June 10 so they might play him within the Membership World Cup, however Dortmund held agency on their valuation. It resulted within the deal being agreed in late June, when Gittens was already cup tied for the match.
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“Jamie’s transfer is now carried out,” confirmed Kehl. “We held many discussions with Chelsea in current weeks. We refused a suggestion on June 10, however now now we have discovered an settlement.
“Jamie needed to make that subsequent step, and Chelsea will get a really skilled and extremely motivated younger participant, who nonetheless has a number of potential. We constructed him for 5 years right here at Dortmund. He’s an excellent child, and we want him all one of the best.”
By reaching the quarter finals, Dortmund go away the Membership World Cup with round £38m in prize cash, not far off what they should signal Chukwuemeka completely, and extra money than they budgeted for previous to the match.
This summer season will see important reinvestment into the enjoying squad as Dortmund look to bridge the hole on champions Bayern, who they completed a disappointing 25 factors behind final season.
Nevertheless, Dortmund nonetheless completed fourth, so have Champions League soccer to look ahead to in 2025/26.
Some query whether or not Membership World Cup entrants may need a match hangover heading into subsequent season on account of fatigue, however total Kehl feels Dortmund’s time in America has been successful.
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“Assessing this match is a giant query that touches on many alternative subjects,” he stated. “Firstly, we put in an excellent efficiency by reaching the quarter-finals. We had been probably the greatest eight groups on the earth once more, after being probably the greatest eight in Europe within the Champions League. It was a sporting success from our aspect.
“After which there may be the monetary part. We didn’t price range with the quarter-finals in thoughts, so have introduced in a bit extra revenue than deliberate. Now we’ll go away and take into consideration how we spend that cash forward of the brand new season to extend the efficiency of our group.
“This match created many alternative subjects of dialog. There’s the kick-off instances, the climate and the pitch circumstances. I feel there are some issues FIFA can work on forward of the 2026 World Cup. However total, It has been an excellent match for us.
“You possibly can see that even the stadiums are fairly full now. Bayern in opposition to PSG was full, and our sport in opposition to Actual Madrid was additionally virtually full. The ambiance is far larger than within the group-stage video games, which is sort of regular.
“We’re fairly glad and proud that we may present the world once more our ‘black and yellow’. Our colors are fairly identified the world over, and we’re all the time glad to indicate them off [in America].”
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