Surprising personnel decision at Borussia Dortmund: BVB apparently signs another goalkeeper.
As the “Ruhr Nachrichten” report, Patrick Drewes changes from VfL Bochum to the district neighbor. An agreement with the Bundesliga relegation has already taken place, the 32-year-old will sign a two-year contract at BVB, it is said. How much money for Drewes flows to Bochum, where his contract runs until 2026, does not show from the report.
It is clear that Drewes at BVB is not planned for the U23, but exclusively as number three in the professional team behind the regular Gregor Kobel and representative Alexander Meyer. It was deliberately searched for an experienced keeper who takes on this role with the very low prospect of operational time, it is said.
The Drewes obligation also means that after his highly successful loan to FC Copenhagen, the Diant Ramaj, acted as a top talent, will initially not return to BVB.
This is the BVB plan with Diant Ramaj
With his management, which also represents Drewes, it was instead identified that the 23-year-old should initially collect game practice during another loan. The aim is to accommodate Ramaj for at least one more year at a club from a top European top 5 league. He is trusted in the long term to inherit Kobel as number one at BVB.
The former Frankfurter, for whom the Borussia transferred at least five million euros to Ajax Amsterdam in winter, was clearly formulated in an interview with “Sport Bild”: “I have to continue to be on the pitch, get minutes. So it is clear to me: I don’t sit on the bench in Dortmund!”
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Ramaj also said: “I said that I was the best goalkeeper of the young generation. And I think I have demonstrated that in the past few months!”