Fair play to Borussia Dortmund, they don’t mess about.
While many clubs will not admit they have signed a player until the PR manager has signed off on the hashtag to accompany a tweet, Dortmund come right out with it.
The German club has lost Ilkay Gundogan, Mats Hummels and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in recent weeks and many of their other stars are highly sought-after.
Neven Subotic announced, last month, that he would be leaving the club this summer. This morning, Dortmund announced the central defender had been excused from training so he could negotiate with ‘a potential new club’.
.@hartw_k @NSubotic4 wurde vom Training freigestellt, um Verhandlungen mit einem möglichen neuen Verein führen zu können.
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) July 7, 2016
The 27-year-old has played over 200 games for Dortmund but found himself on the bench all too frequently last season. While he was a favourite of old boss Jurgen Klopp, Dortmund’s current coach Thomas Tuchel is not as convinced.
Cologne were said to be in for the Serbian international but admitted paying anything over €10m would prove ‘difficult financially’.
Liverpool and Arsenal have both been linked with Subotic in recent weeks so, understandably, fans of the two clubs have been getting ahead of themselves.
Liverpool 3-5-2
https://twitter.com/WeAreAllMona/status/751025879053197312
The Klopp factor
Wouldn't surprise me if Subotic joined Klopp at Liverpool. Especially with Škrtel expected to leave. Would mean Matip-Lovren-Sakho-Subotic.
— Krunal Raval (@KrunalRaval14) July 7, 2016
Good technic
I would rather Liverpool gets Subotic, we need a defender with pace and agility, one with very good technic on and off the ball.
— Aikhuemelo, Solomon (@osasa6th) July 7, 2016
This lad has called dibs
https://twitter.com/DasAngreifer/status/750974088101888000
But the Gunners want him
BVB have confirmed that Neven Subotic has missed training as he is talking to clubs about a move, most likely Premier League.
Arsenal? 🙏🏻
— Nihadh (@nihadh09) July 7, 2016
Plz Arsene. Plz!
https://twitter.com/SamOwensmet/status/751030559665717248
Say no more
Subotic to Arsenal…omg
— anastasija (@violettndr) July 7, 2016
