Borussia Dortmund complete deal for Guirassy

Borussia Dortmund person completed nan signing of Serhou Guirassy from Stuttgart aft nan striker passed an elongated medical.

Guirassy sustained a knee wounded while connected world work pinch Guinea which delayed nan move but Dortmund’s aesculapian squad are satisfied it does not require an operation, enabling nan 28-year-old to finalise nan switch.

He has signed a four-year-deal astatine Signal Iduna Park pinch Dortmund gathering nan player’s merchandise clause of €18.5million (£15.5m). 

Guirassy scored 28 goals successful nan Bundesliga past play – 2nd only to Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane – to thief Stuttgart decorativeness 2nd and had been linked pinch Manchester United.

Goals galore 🎯 pic.twitter.com/Wg1bxD8XfW

— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) July 18, 2024

However, he opted for Dortmund and was delighted to person joined nan Champions League finalists.

He told nan club’s charismatic website: “When Borussia Dortmund want you, it’s thing special.

“Every kid successful nan world willing successful shot knows this club, knows nan achromatic and yellowish jerseys, knows nan Yellow Wall. I americium very excited astir each this. 

“And it is important for maine to say: I came present to triumph titles. That’s my aim, that’s my drive. The nine showed what is imaginable past twelvemonth by reaching nan Champions League final.”

Knee rumor cleared up

Guirassy will acquisition an individual rehabilitation programme to velocity up his betterment from nan knee problem. Dortmund managing head Lars Ricken said: “It was important for america to get nan astir meticulous master appraisal of Serhou’s wounded successful nan interests of BVB and nan player. Thoroughness intelligibly came earlier velocity here. Now each nan facts are connected nan table, and we are convinced that we person made nan correct determination pinch this transfer.”

Sporting head Sebastian Kehl is excited to person Guirassy astatine nan disposal of caller coach Nuri Sahin, who succeeded Edin Terzic astatine nan extremity of past season.

Kehl said: “We person nan chance to show apical performances successful nan Bundesliga, nan DFB-Pokal, arsenic good arsenic successful nan Champions League and nan FIFA Club World Cup and to execute our eager goals. 

“For this, we request first-class options successful each positions. Serhou is an highly vulnerable and complete striker who will fortify america and our squad pinch his qualities.”