Borussia Dortmund have sealed the signing of the highly rated Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy on a four-year deal from Bundesliga rivals Stuttgart.
The 28-year-old scored 28 goals in 28 league games last season, finishing behind only Harry Kane in Germany’s top-flight goal scoring charts. Dortmund have paid the player’s release clause of €17.5m (£14.7m). Guirassy declared that he has made the move to last season’s Champions League finalists “to win titles”.
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“It’s special when Borussia Dortmund want to sign you,” he said. “Every child around the world who likes football knows about this club, the black and yellow shirts and the Yellow Wall. And it’s important for me to say that I have come here to win titles. That’s my aim, that’s what spurs me on. BVB showed last season what the club is capable of by reaching the Champions League final.”
Guirassy joined Stuttgart from French side Rennes in a loan deal at the start of the 2022-23 season, and after he scored 11 goals in 22 league appearances, the move was made permanent prior to the start of the following campaign. Guirassy, who also played for Cologne between 2016 and 2019 and has scored three times in 18 appearances for Guinea having been capped by France at youth level, continued to shine at the MHPArena, leading to his move to Dortmund.
“Serhou is an all-round striker who poses a serious goal threat, and he will be a huge asset for us and our squad with his qualities,” Sebastian Kehl, Dortmund’s sporting director, said. “We’re thrilled that after his medical examination he will soon be wearing a BVB shirt and scoring goals for us.”
Before Guirassy’s move, Dortmund wanted to check an injury he sustained while playing for his country at the end of last season. A specialist decided that he would not require surgery and he will instead follow an individual fitness programme and is expected to be back to full fitness later in the summer.
“We felt it was important in the interests of BVB and Serhou to get as detailed a diagnosis as possible of his injury from a specialist,” Lars Ricken, Dortmund’s managing director for sport, said. “It was much more important to be thorough than to be quick. Now we know all the facts, and we’re confident that we’ve made the right decision by signing him.”
