Dortmund ready to 'part ways' with Moukoko after issuing contract deadline

Stuart Telford

• 17 Jan 2023 20:02 GMT
• 3 min read

Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona are ready to pounce for Youssoufa Moukoko with Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl admitting player and club could "part ways" imminently.

Moukoko will be out of contract with Dortmund June if he doesn't accept the fresh terms that have been offered to him by the club - terms which now have a deadline on them.

The Bundesliga side have reportedly offered Moukoko €6 million a season plus a signing on bonus of €10m, but he could expect twice that amount from some of his Premier League suitors.

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Moukoko is the Bundesliga's youngest debutant, appearing for Dortmund the day after turning 16 in 2020, and became Germany's greenest World Cup player in Qatar this winter at 18 years and three days of age. Kehl knows it will be hard to keep him.

Kehl: 'accept now or part ways'

"Youssoufa and his advisors know that we expect a decision this week, because we want to have the issue clarified before the first matchday back," he told German sports daily Kicker. "Youssoufa can now accept this offer and commit to Borussia Dortmund, or we shall part ways.

"I'd like it if he decided for us because I see enormous potential for him if he continues his development with us. There are nevertheless limits for us as a club. Now it's up to him to make a commitment in a timely manner."

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Moukoko's contract situation can be read as a rare dropping of the ball for Dortmund. They are normally so good at selling young players on the cusp of their first career wave: Jadon Sancho fetched €85 million, Erling Haaland €60, and they expect to make more than €100m from Jude Bellingham's sale this summer.

Moukoko has six goals and four assists from 14 Bundesliga games this season, giving him a goal-involvement of one every 77 minutes he has played.