Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund are reportedly
looking to invest the £58 million ($74m) made from selling US
international Christian Pulisic to Chelsea on both Belgium winger
Thorgan Hazard and Argentine defender Leonardo Balerdi.
forward Thorgan Hazard has expressed an interest in joining Borussia
Dortmund or Bayern Munich after rejecting a contract extension at
Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Chelsea signed the 20-year-old
Pulisic — regarded as one of the hottest properties in European
football — on a five-and-a-half year contract for next season and he
will join the Blues in the summer.
Hazard, younger brother of Chelsea attacker
Eden, is on Dortmund’s radar as German media widely reports that the
25-year-old has so far rejected an extension to his current Borussia
Moenchengladbach contract, which expires in 2020.
The winger, who has weighed in with
nine goals and six assists to help fire Gladbach to third in the German
league, would reportedly cost 42 million euros ($48.4m).
The Belgium international has expressed
interest in joining defending champions Bayern Munich or Dortmund — but
only at the of the season.
“At
the moment, I can’t say much about other clubs, because I have spoken
with (club) manager Max Eberl about focusing completely on Gladbach in
the second half of the season,” said Hazard.
Germany’s top-selling daily Bild reports that
one of Dortmund’s lawyers is already in Argentina talking to 19-year-old
Boca Juniors defender Balerdi, with his club president Daniel Angelici
saying “the player wants to leave us”.
Dortmund are eyeing the Argentina Under-20
international in the current transfer window to cover for Swiss centre
back Manuel Akanji, who is sidelined with a groin injury.