Overview

• Head coach Niko Kovac said Silva has been only partly integrated into training and may be an option for the Mainz trip, pending a final assessment.
• Silva confirmed he had an adductor operation last season and insisted nothing was intentionally concealed during transfer discussions.
• Reports said Dortmund executives learned of the procedure only shortly before the medical, yet the club still completed the transfer.
• The €22.5 million signing has not played competitively for BVB so far due to the injury discovery at signing, and he now says he feels ready to return.
• He explained that an identical Instagram farewell post was his own text reviewed by a media advisor, and he joked he would get a tattoo if Dortmund win the league or Champions League.