Karim Adeyemi had to be substituted early on in Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga opener against Bayer Leverkusen (1-0) on Saturday. In the meantime, details of the health of the new BVB signing have come to light.
Karim Adeyemi still had his feet in the game when Marco Reus scored the only goal of the day in the 10th minute.
Only twelve hand revolutions later, the Bundesliga debut of the newcomer from Borussia Dortmund against Bayer Leverkusen was already over. Suffering, Adeyemi had to be substituted. Thorgan Hazard replaced him on BVB’s offensive.
“We hope it’s not that bad,” said sports director Sebastian Kehl after the game on the “Sky” microphone about Adeyemi’s injury. The 20-year-old’s foot was “swollen” and further investigations were pending.
All-clear for Karim Adeyemi and BVB
This was carried out by BVB’s medical department on Sunday, reports the usually well-informed “Ruhr Nachrichten”.
Positive from Borussia’s point of view: A structural injury was ruled out. Adeyemi will be able to start training again after a short break, it was said.
Adeyemi’s previously unclear state of health had caused anxious hours around BVB. Especially because in Sébastien Haller (testicular cancer) another offensive player will be missing for the runners-up for a long time.
BVB continue without Niklas Süle
In addition to the attacker, Niklas Süle is currently out. The central defender, who came from FC Bayern, is struggling with a muscle injury from the DFB Cup game at 1860 Munich (3-0).
According to his own statement, he is aiming for his comeback against Werder Bremen on August 20th. “So far everything is going in the right direction,” Süle told Sky on Saturday.
Before the duel with Werder, BVB still has the difficult away game at SC Freiburg on Friday (8:30 p.m.) on the program.