Borussia Dortmund has signed Germany worldwide and final season’s Bundesliga high scorer Niclas Fullkrug from Werder Bremen on a three-year deal to spice up its frontline after a lacklustre begin to the season, the membership stated.
Dortmund, who missed out on the Bundesliga title final season after dramatically slipping up on the ultimate matchday, wanted an 88th minute aim by Donyell Malen to beat Cologne 1-0 in its opener.
Final week it managed solely a 1-1 draw at VfL Bochum with its assault wanting toothless for a lot of the sport.
Fullkrug, who handed a medical late on Thursday, topped the scorer record final season with 16 objectives, the identical quantity as Christopher Nkunku.
“Because of sturdy performances he has turn into a pillar in assault for the nationwide workforce,” stated Dortmund sports activities director Sebastian Kehl.
“He’s highly effective within the air, bodily current and is robust within the one-on-ones and is uncomfortable for opponents. With these skills he has the profile we have been searching for.”
The 30-year-old Fullkrug earned his first cap final 12 months shortly earlier than the World Cup in Qatar, the place he was one in all Germany’s few standout performers because the workforce did not progress past the primary spherical.
“I used to be extraordinarily pleased when the supply got here as a result of the step to this membership was what I used to be wishing for,” Fuellkrug stated. “I can develop and acquire new experiences. I’m able to go to assist the workforce be as profitable as potential.”
Dortmund can also be competing on this 12 months’s Champions League.