The central defender Mats Hummels leaving the Borussia Dortmund soon, the Bundesliga club announced on Friday, ending a partnership dating back to 2008 with a three-year spell at Bayern Munich. Hummels’ departure comes a day after coach Edin Terzic left the Champions League finalists.
“It has been a great honor and joy to have played at Dortmund for so long and to have almost completely followed the path from 2008, when the club was in 13th place in January 2008, to what Borussia Dortmund is today.”
Hummels, 35, who missed the cut to be part of the German Euro 2024 squad despite a fine season in which Dortmund reached the Champions League final before losing to Real Madrid, had two spells with the Ruhr Valley team. He also played in the 2013 Champions League final which they lost to Bayern.
Hummels first joined Bayern Munich on loan in 2008 before signing a permanent contract and staying until 2016, when he returned to Bayern. After a three-year spell in Munich, he returned to Dortmund in 2019.
Hummels, a 2014 World Cup winner in Germany, won two league titles and two German Cups with Dortmund, including the 2012 domestic double, but has had a rocky relationship in recent months with Terzic.
“With Mats, there is no doubt that we are losing a unique personality, perhaps the last of his kind in football,” said Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl. “During his career, Mats not only left his mark on the club, but also on the general game of central defenders, taking it to a new level.”
Source: La Verdad
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