Borussia Dortmund keen on Lukaku

Borussia Dortmundhave raised their interest in Everton striker Lukaku to the highest level this week by sending over chief scout Sven Mislintat to watch the Belgian international.

His brief was to run-the-rule over the hit-man who claimed his first piece of Toffees history after finding the net for the 10th time in the Premier League this season.

In so doing, Lukaku claimed Tony Cottee's record for most goals scored by an Everton player since the formation of the Premier League.



Mislintat's appearance is the first sign that Dortmund are ready to test the resolve of the Merseysiders to hang onto their star man.

There are doubts over whether Adrian Ramos will stay for the rest of the season, and the Germans are making contingency plans, they have Marvin Duksch as the only viable alternative to goal machine Aubameyang up front.

The Belgium international is still only 22, and says he wants to become an even better player for Everton.

“I’m evolving and growing as a player,” said Lukaku, bought from Chelsea in 2014 for a club-record £28million. “I want to become a better player and keep helping the team.

“I’m happy I scored again and now I just have to keep going.

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December

Results

December got underway with an away trip to Frankfurt, Frankfurt did score early which gave their fans some kind of hope, but Borussia Dortmund came back with three unanswered goals, Aubameyang, Embolo and Shinji Kagawa all got on the score sheet as Dortmund ended up strolling to victory.

Hoffeinheim had been a very consistent side all year so far so we knew nothing but a top performance would see us get the win here, goals either half from Sokratis and Aubameyang sealed the 2-0 win in a match Dortmund well and truly dominated throughout the 90 minutes.

We ended the month with a disappointing 1-1 away to Hertha Berlin, Aubameyang scored in the 35th minute to give Dortmund the lead, and that early strike looked like it would be enough, but Hertha leveled in stoppage time to ensure we left with only the point.

Bundesliga Table

Bayern Munich still lead the way at the top and have yet to taste defeat so far this season, they did however drop points this month which has allowed Borussia Dortmund to close the gap to 4 points as we head into the winter break, Hannover have clawed their way off the foot of the table with a few very big points this month, Ingolstadt's horror month though has meant they sit bottom at the halfway point of the season, noone expects the new boys to stay up.

Europa League Group Stage

Borussia Dortmund done exactly what was expected of them in the group stage and that was to qualify and qualify easily, only dropping 4 points, Greek powerhouse Panathanaikos will join them in the next round after they did beat the Germans on the final day, Salzburg needed the two to have at least a draw, but that didnt happen so the Salzburg and Sion's european dream is over for another year.

Europa League first knockout round

We are looking at one of the most intriguing draws the Europa League has ever seen with strong teams throughout.

current holders Sevilla will face Portuguese giants Benfica, European powerhouses Ajax and Juventus will square off for a place in the next round, Germany have 3 sides still in the competition, Borussia Dortmund come up against Athletico Bilbao, Monchengladbach face Sporting Lisbon and Leverkusen will have their work cut out against a very strong Southampton side

Borussia Dortmund complete double signing

Borussia Dortmund have confirmed the arrivals of Romelu Lukaku and Geronimo Rulli at Signal Iduna Park, Belgium international Lukaku arrives from EPL side Everton who currently sit 8th, he has signed a three-year deal.

Rulli, who has made one appearance for Argentina moves from Real Sociedad for a fee in the region of $28 million and has put pen to paper on a four-year deal with an option to add another year, Lukaku made 95 appearances for Everton, scoring 43 goals, with his professional debut coming 11 years ago, Romelu said Dortmund were the only club that made any real attempt to sign him



"I feel ready for this new and exciting challenge in what I regard as the most exciting league in the world, and I am looking forward to working with Thomas Tuchel ,"Lukaku said. "ive been signed by Dortmund to score goals, and ill do my utmost to repay my new managers faith by doing just that" he added

Dortmund's spending has now flew past the £80 million mark following the earlier arrival of Dimitros Limnios from Atromitos for $6m .