Borussia Dortmund made an anticipation of the summer and signed a new goalkeeper with Diant Ramaj. On Monday evening, BVB announced the commitment of Ajax Amsterdam’s goalkeeper, but should initially collect play practice in the second half of the season.
Already on Sunday evening it seeped that Diant Ramaj was about to move from Ajax Amsterdam to Borussia Dortmund. Corresponding reports condensed on Monday morning when the 23-year-old appeared for a medical check in the Ruhrpotmetropolis. He signed there until 2029.
The BVB officially made the change on Monday evening. The former goalkeeper from Eintracht Frankfurt will initially not appear for his new employer. In the second half of the season, Ramaj will initially take care of the goal of the Danish record champion FC Copenhagen, as the Bundesliga club also said.
“Diant is a young German goalkeeper who still has a lot of development potential. For him, game practice is currently the most important thing – and he will now get it in Copenhagen. For the second half of the season in Denmark and in the Conference League we wish him maximum success,” said BVB -Sports director Sebastian Kehl.
According to the matching media reports, the Westphalia will transfer five million euros to the Eredivisie Club. The former U20 international in Germany (3 missions), born in Stuttgart, had switched to the 1. FC Heidenheim as a youth. There he did not prevail with the professionals.
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In 2021 Ramaj moved to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he made two Bundesliga missions in the seasons 2021/22 and 2022/23. In the summer of 2023, the Dutch top club Ajax Amsterdam leafed five million euros on the table and equipped the goalkeeper with a five -year contract.
In a debut season as a goalkeeper, Ramaj was slowed down by an elbow injury in April, and since then he has not been able to get his place in the first team. In the current season, he only ran for the Ajax professionals once, otherwise he was allowed to go four times for the reserve.
The move to Borussia Dortmund could meanwhile be an anticipation of possible developments in the coming summer. The rumors about a farewell BVB stem power Gregor Kobel after the current season are increasing, especially Chelsea FC should be ready to dig deep into its pocket.