Borussia Dortmunds has reached a fundamental agreement with the Chelsea FC about the change of wing player Jamie Gitten. This was confirmed by BVB in the team quarters of the Club World Cup in Fort Lauderdale. The Bundesliga club made no more detailed information about the amount of the transfer.
However, the BVB had always requested around 65 million euros. Since Chelsea had recently offered less, a transfer had not come about before the tournament in the United States.
Gittens was already on the way to the medical check in the neighborhood of the English on Saturday, who contest their round of 16 against Benfica Lisbon in Charlotte in the afternoon (local time).
Most recently, Gittens had also been associated with FC Bayern. However, the 20-year-old absolutely wanted to go to London and had agreed with the blues for a long time.
Due to an illness, the foreign striker had recently not been used for BVB in the USA. According to media reports, Gitten should receive a contract by 2032 at Chelsea.
Dortmund also releases Moukoko
BVB had previously announced the change of the 20 -year -old Youssoufa Moukoko to FC Copenhagen. According to matching media reports, the transfer fee should be around five million euros. The offensive player was last awarded to OGC Nice to France. Moukoko has already completed the medical check at the top Danish club.
At the BVB professionals, the goal scorer, who already came to Dortmund at the age of eleven and had caused a sensation in the junior area as a “child prodigy”, were unable to prevail in the long run. “Youssoufa had meanwhile played through the BVB professionals to the A national team. Unfortunately, his development has recently stalled,” said Dortmund sports director Sebastian Kehl.
