Borussia Dortmund announced on Monday the signing of the Swiss goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, from Stuttgart and that he will sign until June 2026. According to various media, the German club pays 15 million euros for the 23-year-old goalkeeper, who measures 1, 95 and that, although it was on Switzerland's preliminary list for the Eurocup, it is finally not on the list of 26 also released this Monday by Vladimir Petkovic.
He is the third Swiss goalkeeper at Dortmund, who already have compatriots Roman Bürkin and Marwin Hitz in their ranks. But everything indicates that Bürki, relegated to the substitution this season just ended for the benefit of Hitz, will leave Dortmund. Kobel points to starter.
Sven Mislintat, Stuttgart's sporting director, revealed that his club has had no choice but to transfer Kobel due to financial problems due to the absence of the public due to the coronavirus pandemic.
For his part, Michael Zorc, Dortmund sporting director, said that “we are delighted that Gregor Kobel has decided to join our club, he has great potential, consistency and ambition, his profile fits with us, he also has leadership skills”. The new goalkeeper of the Signal Iduna Park team signed for Hoffenheim from Grasshopper in 2013. He was loaned out in January 2019 to Augsburg and in July of that year to Stuttgart, who signed him permanently in 2020 for 4 million euros.