{"id":554939,"date":"2020-06-23T04:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T08:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=554939"},"modified":"2020-06-23T04:26:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T08:26:06","slug":"thomas-meunier-to-sign-for-borussia-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/06\/23\/thomas-meunier-to-sign-for-borussia-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Thomas Meunier to Sign For Borussia Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Paris+Saint-Germain\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> right-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e162b013\/Thomas-Meunier\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Meunier<\/a> is set to sign for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/Borussia+Dortmund\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borussia Dortmund<\/a> as a free agent, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1275238438804033536\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano has confirmed<\/a>. Just the final details remain for the move to reach completion.<\/p>\n<h2>Thomas Meunier to Sign For Dortmund<\/h2>\n<h3>Time in Paris<\/h3>\n<p>Meunier has been with Paris Saint-Germain since 2016 when he joined for a reported \u20ac7m from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/club+brugge\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Club Brugge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has made 128 appearances for the Ligue 1 champions, scoring 13 goals and assisting 21 times. He may not have been one of the stellar signings the French giants have made over the years, but he certainly made an impact.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be surprising that Meunier leaves the French capital with a number of medals. He&#8217;s been a part of three Ligue 1 winning sides in Paris, two Coupe de la Ligue&#8217;s and one Coupe de France. He has also lifted the Trophee des Champions on three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Meunier had consistently made over 30 appearances a season, until this season, where he was three short of that landmark before the season was brought to an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/04\/30\/paris-saint-germain-win-ligue-1-as-france-ends-season-early\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">early end<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain have allowed Meunier&#8217;s contract to run down. Meunier has always been calm about the situation and can now leave without a transfer fee.<\/p>\n<h3>Prospects in Dortmund<\/h3>\n<p>Meunier makes the move to Borussia Dortmund, another major club on his CV. He is likely to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e42d61c7\/Achraf-Hakimi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Achraf Hakimi<\/a>, who is due to return to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/real+madrid\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Madrid<\/a> at the end of his two-year loan.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Meunier will be given the opportunity to link-up with <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dbf053da\/Jadon-Sancho\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jadon Sancho<\/a> as effectively as Hakimi did, if at all, with a potential move to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>Meunier will bring a wealth of experience to Borussia Dortmund. A seasoned international with Belgium, having made 40 appearances, scoring on seven occasions for his country too. He should prove a reliable option for the famous &#8216;yellow wall&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h3>Links to The Premier League<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps not quite to the comical extent of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ad625c12\/Wesley-Sneijder\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wesley Sneijder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7ebfac0f\/Nicolas-Gaitan\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicolas Gaitan<\/a>, but Thomas Meunier has long been linked with a potential move to Manchester United. Something that never came to fruition. More recently, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/04\/15\/report-tottenham-hotspur-enter-negotiations-with-paris-saint-germain-for-thomas-meunier\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rumoured<\/a> to be wanted by Jose Mourinho at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"t3-9C1I-RYJZrrNOBqHxpQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1207275602\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'t3-9C1I-RYJZrrNOBqHxpQ',sig:'sC-9U4JVRevbvJsnnCWHxyAaRh6hyQ12vxjgaByOZAE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1207275602',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain right-back Thomas Meunier is set to sign for Borussia Dortmund as a free agent, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed. Just the final details remain for the move to reach completion. Thomas Meunier to Sign For Dortmund Time in Paris Meunier has been with Paris Saint-Germain since 2016 when he joined for a reported \u20ac7m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":554944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,4,2,7,30,28],"tags":[52,51,122,84,3459,136],"class_list":["post-554939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paris-saint-germain","category-bundesliga","category-featured","category-ligue-1","category-news","category-transfers","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-bundesliga","tag-ligue-1","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-thomas-meunier","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}