Team of the week: Anyone have Florian Müller as a cheap GK option in your #BLFantasy team? 👐His heroics this weekend have earned him a place in the #TOTW 👉 https://t.co/3ORZxAVjjE pic.twitter.com/vmSKGHz5sf— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) March 5, 2018
Joining the ranks at Dortmund?: Thomas Delaney is expected to sign for Borussia Dortmund in a €20 million deal, subject to a medical; four-year contract - Bild https://t.co/s2METGQGC8— Get German Football News (@GGFN_) June 7, 2018
Dortmund finished 4th in the Bundesliga and from this season top-4 in the Bundesliga are directly qualified for the Champions League group stage, so I suspect this is why he picked Dortmund instead of Everton or some mid-table English PL team ...Dortmund is also ranked among the top-10 best clubs in Europe by UEFA over the past 5-years : https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html
https://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/Borussia-Dortmund-sign-Thomas-Delaney “Borussia Dortmund have always had first-rate experiences with Denmark internationals. Thomas Delaney is a strong player in terms of his physicality and his character, as well as being an excellent fit for our team and for BVB as a whole thanks to his open manner and his fierce will to win. He will enhance our game with his physical presence,” declared Sporting Director Michael Zorc.
The fact that they have signed him for €20 million ($23.5 million) just before the WC also show how keen they were on getting him, so that no other teams get to have a second chance to look at him during the WC ...
You would think watching him play in the Bundesliga would be enough. I thought he was excellent on each opportunity that I had to watch him last season. Good on Dortmund for making quick decision and executing it early.
I'm sure they were affraid that several English PL clubs would start bidding after or during the WC ...
Delaney is the most sure starter for the NT besides Schmeichel and Christian Eriksen ... and there can be no question about that ... in fact, Daniel Wass has just had an excellent season in the Spanish league : http://www.worldfootball.net/assists/esp-primera-division-2017-2018/ ... but he got cut from the Danish WC squad because there simply is no room for him in central midfield .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team#Current_squad
A profile from the USMNT point of view: http://www.espn.com/soccer/club/den...ot-denmark-at-world-cup-in-alternate-universe
There was an interview with FCK manager and coach Solbakken in a Danish newspaper a few days ago, how Delaney got sold to Werder Bremen... he said that Bremen came asking to buy their Swedish NT left-back Ludwig Augustinsson, but he had high hopes for Delaney and had also promised to help him move abroad, so he told them that Augustinsson was not for sale ... unless they would take a closer look at Delaney who he believed would be a perfect fit for them, and then sign him as well .. so being keen on getting Augustinsson they did exactly that and eventually made an offer on both players .... the rest is history ...
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/...iksen-france-usa-borussia-dortmund-507573.jsp Delaney says he was approached to play for the US U23s during their eventually failed 2012 cycle.
As initially reported by yours truly in 2012 http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=show&id=9004
Profile from the club: https://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/Thomas-Delaney-A-blend-of-heart-passion-and-humour The 26-year-old speaks fluent German. Only rarely does he borrow a word from English and ask for the German translation. He learnt the language at school, although he jokingly admitted: "I wasn't so good. It was only after four years that I could say: Die Sonne scheint, und ich heiße Thomas... (The sun's shining, and my name is Thomas...)."
Thomas had 27 starts for Dortmund last year - not too shabby. Maybe we'll see him in MLS a few years down the road. Would have been nice to have him in our squad. https://us.soccerway.com/players/thomas-delaney/84185/
Possibly moving to Spain: Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Thomas Delaney. The transfer could be finalised this week. The reported fee is six million euros plus bonuses [Ruhr Nachrichten] #BVB— BVB Buzz (@BVBBuzz) August 24, 2021