With this news, the league anger about 6th place quickly shrinks to a side note.
Dortmund striker Sébastien Haller (28) has to undergo another operation after being diagnosed with a tumor in July.
What does that mean for his comeback plans?
Why did colleague Anthony Modeste (34) have to go to the hospital?
And what is Borussia doing in Asia?
BILD answers the most important winter questions about BVB! Only with BILDplus.