Fix! BVB gets national player Nico Schlotterbeck from SC Freiburg

It has been speculated for a long time, now the change is in dry towels: Borussia Dortmund committed to the new season German international Nico Schlotterbeck from SC Freiburg. BVB announced this on Monday.

According to the district club, Schlotterbeck has already completed the medical check in Dortmund and signed an employment contract by 2027 on this occasion.

Neither BVB nor SC Freiburg provided information about the transfer modalities. Finally, however, there was a sum of around 20 million euros in the room, and five million euros could flow as bonus payments.

"Nico Schlotterbeck is a young German national player who took a great development. His profile fits BVB perfectly," said Borussia Dortmund's outgoing season Germans director Michael Zorc about one of his last transfers.

In the meantime, Zorc's successor Sebastian Kehl sees parallels to his own career: "Nico's Weg reminds me of my own, because I also came to BVB as a young international in his age. Home becomes. "

Schlotterbeck would have earned more somewhere else

Kehl revealed that Schlotterbeck "has by no means searched for the economically best offer" among many interested clubs. Rather, the defender "deliberately chose the BVB in order to continue to develop here".

Kehl also thanked "at SC Freiburg for the confidential and fair conversations" on behalf of the BVB.

Meanwhile, Nico Schlotterbeck wanted to create "clarity" for everyone involved by announcing his change. "It is important to me to fully focus on the outstanding three games with the SC Freiburg, which we will hopefully play successfully to be able to concentrate.

The 22-year-old was bound by the Breisgau club until 2023. Freiburg board member Jochen Saier was satisfied that "in view of the contractual constellation" a "coherent solution was found for all sides". "It is also good for us that there is clarity at an early stage and that we can advance our own squad planning."

A few weeks ago, Borussia Dortmund had already announced the transfer -free transfer by national player Niklas Süle, who was also obliged to defend it.