BVB thought about the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo

Borussia Dortmund signed Anthony Modeste from 1. FC Köln in the summer of 2022 as a last-minute replacement for Sébastien Haller, who was suffering from cancer. If the transfer hadn’t gone through, BVB would have tried to find another alternative: Cristiano Ronaldo.

Borussia Dortmund had high hopes for the transfer of Anthony Modeste before the season.

The veteran should make up for the loss of Sébastien Haller at BVB, who had received the shocking diagnosis of testicular cancer shortly after moving from Ajax Amsterdam to the Ruhr area.

Modeste paid five million euros to his ex-club 1. FC Köln. BVB promised the newcomer a whopping six million euros annual salary.

Cristiano Ronaldo offered at BVB?

As “Sport Bild” reports, internally, Edin Terzic was the main advocate for Modeste’s transfer.

The 40-year-old saw the French attacker as the candidate who came closest to Haller’s profile. Other, cheaper options, which sports director Sebastian Kehl also examined, were apparently quickly out of the running.

Explosive: If Modeste’s purchase hadn’t worked out relatively early in August, BVB would have dealt “even more intensively” with a possible commitment from Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the newspaper.

The Portuguese superstar, then still in the service of Manchester United, is said to have been offered to Borussia a few days after the Modeste transfer was completed.

BVB: horror record for Anthony Modeste

Things couldn’t have been worse at BVB than with Modeste with Ronaldo, who provoked his exit from the English record champions before the World Cup and said goodbye to Al Nassr in the direction of Saudi Arabia.

Because the engagement of the ex-Cologne player turned into a fiasco: Modeste only scored two goals in 24 competitive games in black and yellow.

The now 34-year-old is still a foreign body in BVB’s game. Although Haller was far from in top form after his quick comeback, Modeste was not a real alternative for Terzic.

The extension of his one-year contract with BVB is excluded.

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