Overview

• Sport Bild reports BVB has offered Schlotterbeck a new contract through 2030, lifting his base salary by about €2.5 million to at least €8 million per year with additional performance bonuses.
• Club leaders have set no deadline for a response and are avoiding pressure after his injury comeback, yet they want clarity before he enters the final year of his current deal.
• Head coach Niko Kovac told Sky that Schlotterbeck holds high standing with teammates and fans and said it would be good if he stayed, adding he trusts the player to make the right call.
• Schlotterbeck is under contract until 2027 and recently returned from roughly six months out with a meniscus injury, completing two full Bundesliga matches.
• Julian Brandt’s future remains open as no extension talks have been held, his contract expires after this season, and Dortmund plans to start negotiations in the winter.