Marcel Halstenberg only has a one-year contract in Leipzig. Now BVB has apparently expressed interest in the national player.
BVB is apparently interested in signing national player Marcel Halstenberg from RB Leipzig. Report that picture and Sport1 coincident on Thursday evening.
According to this, new BVB coach Marco Rose is a big fan of the 29-year-old left and central defender, who was already under contract in Dortmund from 2011 to 2013, but was only used there for the reserve.
The Leipzig team, where Halstenberg was a regular as a left-back, should charge around twelve million euros for the national player, who only played half an hour against Portugal at the European Championship. To date, too much for BVB, which supposedly only wants to pay between seven and eight million.
RB Leipzig: Halstenberg only under contract until 2022
However, one advantage in the negotiations for Dortmund is Halstenberg’s contract situation with RB. The defensive player’s contract expires in 2022, which means that Leipzig could cash in one last time with a sale.
In Dortmund, Halstenberg would mainly be a candidate for a three or five-man chain system and could play in the center alongside Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji as well as on the left wing. Competitors at BVB in his position would be Nico Schulz, who has rarely been able to convince since moving to Dortmund, and Raphael Guerreiro, who could also act in midfield center or in a more offensive role.
After the departures of Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig) and Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool FC) Halstenberg beckons the Saxons more than ever to be on the defensive. It’s questionable whether he wants to risk this.
Halstenberg joined RB in 2015 from FC St. Pauli and has so far played 185 competitive games (13 goals, 23 assists). In 2018, shortly after his national team debut, a cruciate ligament ruptured him.
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