“Dry ink: Reus stays with BVB!”

The week-long contract poker between Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and its captain Marco Reus has ended. On Thursday, the original Borussia signed his new working paper until 2024.

“Marco was unlucky with injuries, but he is Borusse through and through and, as the captain of our team, is pursuing exactly the same goals as all of us: He is and remains extremely ambitious to lead our BVB to very big goals,” commented club boss Hans- Joachim Watzke the decision and at the same time recognized Reus as a “deserving player of our club”.

The decision about Marco Reus’ future has been longed for in fan circles for months, as the 33-year-old is already one of the absolute BVB icons. Reus was once trained in the Dortmund youth department, in the summer of 2012 he was brought back from Gladbach for the transfer fee of around 17 million euros.

His impressive record since then: 382 competitive games, 161 goals and 120 assists. Reus has twice won the DFB Cup with BVB. The attacker has so far been denied the German championship – but as the leader of the table, he and his team have the best cards this season.

“Right now we as a team, like all our fans, have one big goal in mind that we’re all concentrating on: We want to become German champions, and we need every single Borussia player to do that. But beyond that, I really want to do my best for to give the club where I’ve spent more than half my life. There’s still nothing better for me than scoring goals in front of the best fans in the world and in the most beautiful stadium in the world and celebrating victories together,” Reus was quoted on the BVB homepage.

Marco Reus is preparing for the end of his career at BVB

With the contract extension, nothing stands in the way of a career end at Black and Yellow. Marco Reus had recently repeatedly emphasized that he would like to end his career at BVB.

“I’ve always said that I would prefer not to play for any other club in my career than for BVB,” he now renewed his confession.

Sports director Sebastian Kehl said of the negotiations: “We never let ourselves be put off by current discussions and our joint discussions were always positive, trusting and goal-oriented.”