Overview

• Dortmund released photos and video showing Nico Schlotterbeck doing sprints, passing drills and jumps while engaging with teammates and coach Niko Kovač.
• This was his first participation in portions of team training since suffering a left‑knee meniscus tear in April.
• The club does not expect him in the traveling squads for the Bundesliga match at Heidenheim and the Champions League opener at Juventus.
• Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann described him as essentially symptom‑free, and media reporting projects an October comeback with only a late‑September appearance considered an outside possibility.
• With Emre Can and Niklas Süle also injured, his gradual reintegration is viewed as a significant boost for Dortmund’s stretched defense.