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Football: Dortmund opens the door for Meunier to play in the Champions League with PSG

BERLIN: Full-back Thomas Meunier could still play in the late stages of this season’s Champions League for Paris Saint-Germain despite signing for Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said on Sunday (June 28).

Belgian international Meunier has signed a four-year deal with Dortmund and will join a free transfer after his PSG contract ends later this month.

“We said to him, ‘If you want to play in the Champions League, that’s fine for us,” Watzke told Sport1.

“The Champions League quarter-finals are an infernal level of football.

“If you wish, we will have to negotiate the details with Paris. He is still thinking and we will try to resolve the matter with Paris.”

PSG beat Dortmund 3-2 in total in the past 16 to reach the quarterfinals before the coronavirus blockade, with the Champions League ending in a “final eight” tournament in Lisbon in August.

Ligue 1 champions also have the French Cup and French League Cup final to be played in late July.

Initially Meunier decided not to extend his PSG contract by a few weeks to join Dortmund, who finished second in the Bundesliga this term behind Bayern Munich.

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