Mats Hummels is already playing his 18th season in the Bundesliga. Since his working paper at Borussia Dortmund expires in the summer of 2024, speculation about the veteran’s future has long since increased again. On Tuesday, the BVB star himself commented on the speculation.
One day before the German national football team’s international match in Austria (from 8:45 p.m.), the 34-year-old was asked what his future plans would be from the summer of 2024.
“I’m far from thinking about it. I extended last season in the last week before the last game. I’ll keep it open for a very long time this time too,” Hummels made it clear at the press conference before the game in Vienna. not having made a decision yet.
The 2014 world champion is one of the most consistent and best players at Borussia Dortmund in the current Bundesliga season and has made the leap back into the German national team under Julian Nagelsmann. Hummels could play his 78th international match against Austria on Tuesday.
Hummels placed under Terzic at BVB
There is still no certainty that he will continue to play for BVB after the summer of 2024, as Hummels himself emphasized: “I don’t even know what it will be. I’m just happy that it’s fun at the moment and “I can still play football well despite my advanced age. Then time will show what I still have in me and what I want to do.”
In total, the central defender played 427 Bundesliga games for BVB and FC Bayern and scored 32 goals. In the current season he is employed by head coach Edin Terzic in Dortmund and was in the starting line-up for the Black and Yellows in ten of the eleven games of the season.