Premier League giants Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United have been linked with Julian Brandt but a January departure from Borussia Dortmund is ‘absolutely out of the question’.
That is according to Sebastian Kehl, BVB’s sporting director wasting no time in drawing a line under reports suggesting that the Germany international could be on his way out of the Bundesliga challengers.
Dortmund’s long-serving £22 million playmaker, according to The Mirror, is a target for Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United.
Julian Brandt showed the Newcastle supporters what all the fuss is about last week too, the best player on the pitch and the scorer of the hosts second goal as Eddie Howe’s charges were swept aside 2-0 at Signal Iduna Park.
That is one of six goals Brandt has scored this season, alongside five assists.
Julian Brandt is staying at Borussia Dortmund
And, after tying the silky schemer down to a new deal only a few months ago, Kehl is keen to remove Dortmund’s most in-form player from the gossip columns.
“We didn’t extend Julian Brandt’s contract until 2026 in April for nothing,” Kehl tells BILD. “He is a very important part of our team.
“That’s why a transfer is absolutely out of the question!”
A long-time Liverpool target, Brandt turned down a move to Anfield back in 2017 and history looks destined to repeat itself.
“My gut feeling and my head are telling me the time to move (to Liverpool) has not arrived yet,” Brandt, then of Bayer Leverkusen, told Kicker at the time, the Russian World Cup at the forefront of his thinking.
“If you move to a bigger club a year before the World Cup, you risk taking time at first to settle which possibly means playing fewer games.”
Newcastle United want a midfielder
Newcastle showed an interest in a host of gifted attacking midfielders over the summer without landing a James Maddison or a Gabri Veiga. With Sandro Tonali suspended until the summer, the Magpies could be forced to prioritise a more deep-lying option in January, Ruben Neves and Atalanta duo Teun Koopmeiners and Ederson among those linked.
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