Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke says he expects Germany defender Mats Hummels to join Bayern Munich next season.
Watzke is battling to keep Hummels at Borussia and the club captain is one of three stars – alongside Ilkay Gundogan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan – who are out of contract in June 2017.
Gundogan is likely to join Manchester City next season. His agent met City’s director of sport Txiki Begiristain in Amsterdam last month, while reports in the media claim a five-year contract has already been signed.
Hummels has admitted he is weighing up an offer, most likely from Bayern, while Mkhitaryan has been linked to Chelsea, although he is the one most likely to stay.
Watzke says he expects to lose some, but not all three of his stars: “I don’t believe that we will have all contracts extended and that all three will play here next year,” Watzke told Sky Deutschland.
“But it is completely out of the question that all three won’t play for Borussia Dortmund next season.”
Hummels joined Dortmund from Bayern in 2008 after failing to break into the Bavarians’ first team. Having already lost Robert Lewandowski to Bayern Munich on a free transfer in 2014, after Mario Gotze had left for Bayern in 2013, Dortmund are eager to avoid seeing Hummels follow suit, but Watzke is realistic.
“I believe that if he (Hummels) goes, it will be in the direction of Munich,” said Watzke. “He still has unfinished business with the club. His father, his mother and his brother all live in Munich.
“His girlfriend comes from Munich, he’s from Munich too – so a whole lot of components have already come together.”
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Mats Hummels Likely To Join Bayern Munich
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