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Yahoo
27-05-2025
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Loaned strikers likely to leave Dortmund permanently this summer
When Borussia Dortmund missed out on the Meisterschale by goal difference in the 2022/23 season, Sebastian Haller and Youssoufa Moukoko were the team's top strikers. After an underwhelming spell last term, both players left Signal Iduna Park on loan deals. Haller first went to Leganes, who eventually got relegated this past weekend, but his spell was a short-lived one. After a scoreless first half of the season, Haller returned to Eredivisie to help FC Utrecht qualify for the preliminary rounds of the Europa League. Advertisement Meanwhile, Moukoko spent the season with OGC Nice, who qualified for the playoff round of the Champions League qualification. However, he only had a small part to play as he only saw action for 200 league minutes. Kicker's Patrick Kleinmann looked back at their prospects in continuing with Dortmund next season, and the results are similar. Dortmund will probably need reinforcement for the upcoming Club World Cup, but both strikers aren't expected to join the club for the tournament in the USA. In Haller's case, Utrecht are working on signing the player permanently, but the Ivorian international should reduce his wage significantly. As for Moukoko, who missed out on Germany's squad for the U21 Euros, Nice will not exercise their option to sign him permanently. Since both players will be in their last year of their current Dortmund contracts, the club will be desperate to work on permanent departures this summer.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
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Loaned strikers likely to leave Dortmund permanently this summer
When Borussia Dortmund missed out on the Meisterschale by goal difference in the 2022/23 season, Sebastian Haller and Youssoufa Moukoko were the team's top strikers. After an underwhelming spell last term, both players left Signal Iduna Park on loan deals. Haller first went to Leganes, who eventually got relegated this past weekend, but his spell was a short-lived one. After a scoreless first half of the season, Haller returned to Eredivisie to help FC Utrecht qualify for the preliminary rounds of the Europa League. Meanwhile, Moukoko spent the season with OGC Nice, who qualified for the playoff round of the Champions League qualification. However, he only had a small part to play as he only saw action for 200 league minutes. Kicker's Patrick Kleinmann looked back at their prospects in continuing with Dortmund next season, and the results are similar. Dortmund will probably need reinforcement for the upcoming Club World Cup, but both strikers aren't expected to join the club for the tournament in the USA. In Haller's case, Utrecht are working on signing the player permanently, but the Ivorian international should reduce his wage significantly. As for Moukoko, who missed out on Germany's squad for the U21 Euros, Nice will not exercise their option to sign him permanently. Since both players will be in their last year of their current Dortmund contracts, the club will be desperate to work on permanent departures this summer.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
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OGC Nice confirm Youssoufa Moukoko departure
OGC Nice, through their CEO, Fabrice Bocquet, have confirmed that Youssoufa Moukoko (20) will leave the club. The purchase option included in his loan deal from Borussia Dortmund will not be activated. Moukoko netted just two goals for Nice, both of which came in the 8-0 hammering of Saint-Étienne back in September. He was often used off the bench in Ligue 1 in the first part of the season but was given more opportunity to prove his credentials in the Europa League. He did not take them, failing to net in eight games in that competition as Le Gym finished second from bottom in the League Phase and without a single win. Advertisement Nice's elimination from that tournament coincided with the German dropping out of the picture entirely. His last game in any competition came in the Coupe de France against Stade Briochin in early February; his last start in Ligue 1 came all the way back in October. Unsurprisingly, therefore, Moukoko will not be retained by Nice. 'We won't keep him,' confirmed Bocquet during an interview with Ici Azur. There had been an option to make the deal permanent for €18m. He will therefore return to parent club Borussia Dortmund. Reports in Germany suggest that the Bundesliga giants will look to sell the forward. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
Yahoo
07-03-2025
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Moukoko fully expected to return to Dortmund
Youssoufa Moukoko is fully expected to return to Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season when his loan spell at OGC Nice comes to an end. According to French Nice-Matin reporter Leandra Iacono, Nice have no plans to trigger their €18 million purchase option for the German striker. 'The club has not yet made an official statement, but there is no doubt that the purchase option will not be exercised,' Iacono told Ruhr Nachrichten. "Moukoko has been given plenty of chances, but he has never been able to convince. OGC Nice have very few injured players at the moment. If all the players are available, it's difficult for him to make the squad," said Iacono Moukoko has scored two goals in 22 games for Nice in total, and it's been more than a month since he last played for the French side.
