Fabrizio Romano reports that Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace have reached an agreement with Borussia Dortmund to sign Soumaïla Coulibaly (21) for €7.5m. The Frenchman, who spent last season on loan at fellow Ligue 1 side Stade Brest, will sign a five-year contract until 2030.
Borussia Dortmund recalled Coulibaly from his loan spell at Brest and is a part of the squad that is partaking in the FIFA Club World Cup. However, the central-defender is only a bit-part player in Niko Kovač’s squad and is yet to make an appearance in the US.
Coulibaly joined Borussia Dortmund from Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 after impressing for the Parisien club’s youth teams, rejecting a move to Marseille and Bayern Munich in favour of Dortmund. A loan spell at Standard Liege followed while a move to Burnley collapsed last summer, which paved the way for Brest to sign the defender on a season-long loan deal, which resulted in Champions League football.
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