St. Louis City has held preliminary conversations with soon-to-be free agent Marco Reus, according to sources briefed on the situation. Athleticism.
The process is very early, however, and the 34-year-old is considering a wide range of options to continue his career.
Reus will leave Borussia Dortmund when his contract expires at the end of June and has also been linked with clubs in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He remains close friends with St. Louis goalkeeper Roman Burki, who spent seven years at Dortmund before joining the MLS team in 2022.
St. Louis has yet to put Reus on its discovery list, sources add, underscoring how early the process is. In MLS, players must be placed on a “discovery list” – essentially the right to sign the player – before being signed. Clubs have limited space on the discovery list.
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Reus, who turns 35 this month, won the Bundesliga Player of the Year three times and won three German Cups with Dortmund, as well as reaching the UEFA final Champions League in 2013 and finishing second in the Bundesliga five times. The attacking midfielder will feature in the Champions League final again this season, in what is set to be his final game for Dortmund, after his side beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals. final.
Reus has 169 goals and 130 assists in 426 appearances for Dortmund, where he is a legend after joining the club in 2012. He has, however, failed to surpass 1,500 league minutes in the last two seasons, but he was still very productive – scoring 11 goals and 13 assists in just under 2,800 minutes – during his time on the pitch.
St. Louis has a strong Bundesliga influence on its team, led by sporting director Lutz Pfanninstiel and head coach Bradley Carnell. Their three most expensive players all have Bundesliga experience between Burki, Eduard Lowen and Joao Klaus.
The club had a historic debut season in MLS last year, finishing atop the Western Conference. They sit in ninth place so far in 2024, with seven draws in their first 10 games.
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