His old contract was valid till 2006. Salary raised from 1.4 Mio to 1.8 Mio Euro (rumours). Imho that is a big step in securing the team's future. Now we need to get players like Kehl, Koller etc. to resign.
Sorry guys. I meant to post the English language article earlier. We had it on my list this morning. Manoj, we want players like Kehl and Koller to "re-sign". If they were to "resign", they wouldn't be playing for us anymore! LOL!!! "Resign" is equal to "Ruecktritt".
The article in English...... Keeper Handed New BVB Deal by Chris Ives - created on 13 Jul 2005 Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller has signed a three-year extension to his current contract at the Westfalenstadion. The 24-year-old former Kaiserslautern custodian replaced French rival Guillaume Warmuz between the posts during last season and played a crucial role in the Schwarz-Gelben's meteoric rise up the Bundesliga after Christmas. Weidenfeller has now put pen-to-paper on a new deal keeping him at BVB until June 2009. The club will be hoping that his decision will set a trend within the squad with negotiations with other key players such as Jan Koller, Sebastian Kehl and Christian Worns about to begin.
Great move. Thought he was a bit shaky at times, but the second half of the season wouldn't have gone nearly as well for BVB without him. He had a couple of excellent matches when I watched.