(ANSA) – DORTMUND, JUNE 14 – Mats Hummels leaves Borussia Dortmund after 13 years. “Dear fans, my time in yellow and black is coming to an end after over 13 years. It was a great honor and a great joy for me to have played for BVB for so long“, Hummels said, quoted in the club’s press release. The Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehlwho played alongside Hummels at the club, stated that BVB loses “undoubtedly an exceptional personality“, describing the defender as “one of the last of its kind in football“. In the two periods spent in Dortmund, punctuated by three seasons at Bayern Munich between 2016 and 2019, the The 35-year-old has won two German championships and two German Cups, also reaching the Champions League final in 2013 and 2024; in this latest edition it was also named in the UEFA team of the season. Hummels – world champion with Germany in 2014 – said wanting to continue playingpreferring a move to another German or European club to be close to his son, who lives in Munich.
According to the German media, he would have aroused the interest of Milan. Hummels’ departure comes a day after Dortmund manager Edin Terzic made a surprise announcement that he wanted to leave the club, just two weeks after taking them to the Champions League final. Another Dortmund veteran, striker Marco Reus, has also announced that he will leave the club at the end of this season. (HANDLE).
