Top 5 Borussia Dortmund transfer targets to replace Mario Götze

Borussia Dortmund suffered a major blow when Bayern activated Mario Götze’s £32m release clause to take away their homegrown superstar. He leaves a big hole in the team, one which Borussia Dortmund have to fill if they are to return to the Champions League final and win back the Bundesliga title. Dortmund are a club with serious prestige at the moment and they have the resource available to sign a high quality replacement.

Here are the top five options for them to replace Götze with, any of whom would be an excellent signing and all offering something a little different.

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Kevin De Bruyne (21), Attacking midfield, Chelsea

Scout Report

De Bruyne has the potential to step in to Marco Reus’ shoes on the left of the Dortmund trident and allow the German to replace Götze centrally. De Bruyne has everything he needs to be a truly world class player. His combination of pace, trickery, confidence and excellent decision making mean that he is a constant and very consistent attacking threat. He’s a very clever player who makes well thought out runs and his quick movement off the ball means he is very difficult to defend.

Where does he fit at Borussia?

He would come in on the left of the attacking midfield three with Marco Reus moving centrally. They’d lose the more subtle play of Götze but add even more pace and directness to the already frenzied style of counter attacking.

How much?

Chelsea want to keep him but if Dortmund offered £20m they might have a chance. It depends how much of the Götze money is being put forward for spending.