The transfer of Joane Gadou, a highly-rated 19-year-old centre-back with incredible natural ability and huge potential, from RB Salzburg to Borussia Dortmund has been completed. Gadou passed his medical on Monday, and Dortmund reportedly agreed to a €20 million transfer fee plus up to €4-6 million in bonuses.
According to, the transfer of highly rated centre-back Joane Gadou from RB Salzburg to Borussia Dortmund is complete. The 19-year-old reportedly passed his medical on Monday.reported that the Austrian Bundesliga club was holding out for a substantially higher fee than the €20 million already agreed for Gadou.
According to the story, Salzburg wanted a base transfer fee of roughly €25 million, plus bonus payments ranging from €4 million to €6 million. As a result, the total package could surpass €30 million. The 1.95-metre centre-back joined Salzburg from Paris Saint-Germain's youth set-up in 2024 and has since appeared in 33 competitive matches for the club, including Europa League outings. In Dortmund, the 19-year-old is poised to strengthen the thin central defence.
With Niklas Süle retired, Emre Can sidelined long-term and Nico Schlotterbeck's future still uncertain, BVB are urgently seeking reinforcements for their back line. Reports indicate that Dortmund have been monitoring Gadou for some time. Sebastian Kehl, the club's former sporting director, is believed to have first scouted the youngster as early as last spring. , BVB are set to acquire a centre-back who "is already further ahead at this age than Dayot Upamecano was back then".
"He is certainly Salzburg's best centre-back. People have always known he would be a major signing because he has incredible natural ability and huge potential. He is strong in the tackle and in the air and has everything a defender of international calibre needs," Unverdorben told
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