Middle forward still without use
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Fábio Silva switched from Wolverhampton to Borussia Dortmund for 22.5 million euros-this transfer makes him the most fourth center forward in BVB history. A month after the transfer, the fans of the black and yellow are waiting for the 23 -year -old Portuguese debut because he switched to Dortmund. “I’m really on the right track. If everything goes on to the plan, I could also go to Mainz4634166,” said Silva the “Ruhr news“.
The newcomer had to take a break at the start because he had an operation on the adductors in June. “But it was never deliberately hidden. At the time of the Operation, I was a player of Wolverhampton. And together with the club and my environment, we decided not to do any details about the injury or the intervention. When contact with the BVB became more intensive, the procedure was more than two months ago. In the conversations with those responsible, it was personally about showing them that I would like to switch to Dortmund, despite other options. I couldn’t play immediately was clear, ”revealed Silva.
Silva about transfer poker: “As long as Dortmund wants me, I want Dortmund”
After weeks of transfer poker, BVB reported enforcement at the end of August. Silva was not worried about the change during the negotiations: “If the operation would have been fresh, that would have been something else. But I felt good, my values were okay, and it was clear that I would not be out for long. So I was always confident. I worked every day to come to Dortmund. The negotiations were not easy for everyone involved.
The striker confirmed that RB Leipzig was also one of the interested clubs. There was already contact with the Saxons in May, “but never a promise,” said Silva. “Then I also said to my agent and the sports director of the Wolves: I don’t want to hear anything from others. From this point on everything was in the hands of the clubs. The negotiations were not easy and drawn. But for me it was clear: As long as Dortmund wants me, I want Dortmund.”
In addition to Silva with Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier, there are two other top-class options for the storm center in the BVB squad. When asked where he prefers to play, the Portuguese said: “I can play as a sole striker, but also behind the striker. For me it is the most important thing I am on the pitch. But if you ask me where I feel most comfortable, it is probably the ‘nine and a half’ – behind the striker.” He also made it clear where he no longer wants to play, namely on the outer lanes. When asked about his loan about the Glasgow Rangers, where he was used twelve times on the left wing in 2023/24, he said humorously: “We prefer not to talk about that, I displaced it.”
Including the station in Glasgow, Silva already has seven clubs in its transfer history – at the age of 23. Wolverhampton brought him from his training club FC Porto in 2020 for 40 million euros. In the Premier League, the talent could not bring its potential on the lawn and was awarded to Anderlecht, Eindhoven, Glasgow and finally Las Palmas after two years in England. In Laliga, Silva’s shape and market value curve pointed up and so he played into the focus of BVB.
“As a footballer, you want stability. I like to stay in one place and build something. It wasn’t that easy with Wolverhampton. I didn’t want to change earlier – but they didn’t let me go. But I also didn’t have a perspective. That was why it was a loan. It was of course not my plan to be borrowed every year. But I had no other choice. And with 23 I have a lot of experience today and I have a lot of experience today and I have a lot of experience today. Use situations. “
Silva signed at BVB by 2030. “Now it is my goal to get completely fit again and to help the team. This is the most important thing for me at the moment that I am not afraid in duels and feel really good again. The rest will then arise with the games and minutes of use.” Most minutes and goals recorded Silva 2024/25 for Las Palmas. In 25 games he was on the pitch for almost 2,000 minutes, scored ten goals as a center forward in Laliga and gave three assists. “I want to arrive here, stay with BVB for a long time and build something with the club.”