Sadiq on verge of Dortmund move

After spending two seasons with Almeria and scoring 41 goals in the process, Umar Sadiq's name has been mentioned in the transfer market all summer. Clubs such as Villarreal have shown interest in him, but now, the team to emerge as front runners for his signature are Borussia Dortmund.

Following the discovery of Sebastian Haller's cancerous testicular tumour, which will leave him out of contention for the foreseeable future, the German outfit have set their sights on Almeria's Nigerian forward. According to 'owngoalnigeria', his arrival to Dortmund is imminent.

Sadiq will come at a cost of 25 million euros plus add-ons. This will make him the most expensive sale the club has ever made, beating the 24 million euro fee Benfica paid to the Andalusian club for Darwin Nunez.

The ex Roma and Partizan Beograd player had a great 2021/22 season as he aided Almeria in achieving their long-awaited promotion back to La Liga's first division. He scored 18 goals last term and managed nine assists.

Almeria still have two more pre-season matches remaining against Cartagena on Friday and, Al Hilal on Sunday. These games come ahead of their season opener when they host reigning La Liga champions, Real Madrid.