Former Chinese Super League star Modeste joins Dortmund

Yangcheng Evening News reporter Liu Yi reported: In order to replace the vacancy left by center Allai’s truce due to illness, Bundesliga giants Dortmund announced yesterday the introduction of the 34-year-old French striker Modeste from the Bundesliga team Cologne. Dortmund wear number 20.

Modeste used to play for the Chinese Super League team Tianjin Quanjian. In the second half of 2018, he returned to his old club Cologne before his contract with Tianjin Quanjian was full. This lack of contractual spirit made his reputation very good. Oops. However, Modeste’s goal rate is still quite impressive. During his tenure in Tianjin Quanjian, Modeste played 29 times in official games, scoring 16 goals and 9 assists.

Allai, who won the Eredivisie Golden Boot last season and joined Dortmund from Ajax this summer, was diagnosed with a testicular tumor during training camp. Recently, Alai successfully performed a one-stage operation to remove the tumor, but it is still unknown when he will return. Dortmund’s introduction of Allai is to fill the vacancy left by “new monster” Haaland when he joined Manchester City, and he can only then sign up to fill the vacancy left by Allai.

After comparing several strikers such as Belotti, Icardi, Dzeko and Modeste, Dortmund finally chose Modeste. Last season, Modeste played 32 times in the Bundesliga on behalf of Cologne, scoring 20 goals, tied for fourth in the scorer list with the new French ace Enkunku, behind Lewandowski, Schick and Haaland. This summer, Haaland and Lewandowski left the Bundesliga successively.

Modeste joined Tianjin Quanjian as the Bundesliga Bronze Boot Award. He scored 25 Bundesliga goals for Cologne in the 2016-2017 season, ranking third in the scorer list, second only to Aubameyang (31). ball) and Lewandowski (30 goals).

Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at home in the first round of the Bundesliga. Dortmund lined up a 4-3-3 formation, captain Reus appeared in the attacking midfield position, and the three starting forwards were Mullen, new aid Adeyemi and the 17-year-old genius Mukoko. In the 10th minute, Mukoko made a cross from the left, Adeyemi’s shot was saved by goalkeeper Hradski, and Reus scored the only goal of the game with a supplementary shot from the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Adeyemi was replaced by Hazard due to injury. Modeste mainly acts as a center and has a strong impact. After he joins, Dortmund coach Telcic will have more choices when arranging troops.

Cologne knew Modeste was about to move, so he was excluded from the Bundesliga first round, and despite the absence of last season’s top scorer, Cologne beat newly-promoted Schalke 3-1 at home.