Does poker for a new contract burden Dortmund jewel Youssoufa Moukoko (18) more than he would like to admit to himself?
Moukoko is just gambling away everything – because Haller is in the fast lane!
Noticeable: Moukoko, BVB’s most successful goalscorer in the first half of the season (six league goals), was in the starting XI in both of BVB’s friendlies at the training camp in Marbella, against Fortuna Düsseldorf (5-1) and against FC Basel (6-0). But the surprise World Cup driver (market value: 30 million euros) was one of the weakest players on the pitch against both the second division team and the Swiss: hardly any ball actions, hardly any duels and hardly any serious conclusions.
At the start of the second half of the season against FC Augsburg (Sunday, 3.30 p.m. / DAZN), he is even threatened with the bank!
It will also not have gone unnoticed by Moukoko that his centre-forward rival Sébastien Haller (28) has played such a prominent role in Spain that Terzic can hardly avoid Dortmund’s royal transfer last summer.
After his cancer, Sébastien Haller celebrated his comeback on the pitch at the BVB training camp
Against Basel, the ex-Ajax star scored three goals in seven minutes and continues to work on his own fairy tale.
Having survived two testicular cancer operations and four chemotherapy treatments in the past year, the Frenchman is in excellent form despite a six-month break.
While Haller is bursting with self-confidence and, according to his own statement, cannot wait to “finally appear in front of the south stand”, Moukoko, who can make a free transfer in the summer, feels that he is not free in his head.
2nd game after cancer Haller with a hat trick in 7 minutes
BVB is offering him a one-time bonus of ten million euros and a salary of up to six million euros per season (see also “League situation” on the left of this double page). Newcastle United and Chelsea are said to be interested in him.
It would probably be best for everyone involved if Moukoko made his important decision very quickly, whether to commit to BVB in the long term or plan the summer flutter.
