German media Sport1 reported that Alei's joining Utrecht will not allow Dortmund to receive any transfer fee. On the contrary, Dortmund also needs to pay severance fees for players.
Alai has consumed too high salaries in Dortmund. The 31-year-old player has an annual salary of nearly 10 million euros. He belongs to the team's maximum salary class, but his on-court contributions and huge expenditures are seriously unbalanced. Since his return from the shock of defeating cancer,Alai has never been able to return to his former level, which has also made it difficult for the club to find a takeover.
To facilitate the transfer, Dortmund took unconventional measures. Since the player contract originally lasted until 2026, the club made financial concessions to the players, paying about 5 million euros in termination fees and not charging a transfer fee, this move highlights the urgency of management to complete the deal.
This transfer is imminent for Dortmund's forward line to be strengthened, and the team currently lacks real substitutes for Gilasi. Although Adeyemi, Bayer and even Brandt are theoretically competent, they are not orthodox fulcrum centers. Although the two forward combinations of Bayer + Adeyemi who have been tested before can be used as an emergency plan, this is not the usual system of coach Kovac.
According to Sport1, sports director Sebastian Kyle still has a budget of 30 million euros to be controlled. Where does this money flow? After Alai leaves the team, most of them are expected to be on the offensive end. But the defense line is also in a hurry. With the three central defenders, Schlottbeck, Emre Jan and Jule, injured one after another, a huge gap appeared at this position.
Currently, there are only two regular central defenders in Dortmund's first team, Anton and young player Filippo Mane, who are the regular central defenders. Kovac's three central defender system requires three-man configuration. Although Benzebaini and Lyerson can play guest roles temporarily, their job is not to play in the central defender after all.
club executives have high expectations for Filippo Mane, and the young player next has to be thrown directly into the fiercely competitive first-team arena, and he must prove himself in a high-pressure environment.
source:7m vn1