Suara.com – German striker Marco Reus has officially extended his contract with his club Borussia Dortmund by one more year until 2024.
This contract extension means that Reus will play for the team nicknamed Die Borussen for 12 years.
“Captain Marco Reus has extended his contract with BVB (Dortmund) for another year. Born in Dortmund, he will start his 12th season as a professional player in the black and yellow jersey this summer,” the club announced on Friday (28/4/2023).
When agreeing to sign the contract, Reus revealed that he still had big ambitions, namely to bring the club that made his name to become the Bundesliga champion.
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“We as a team, like all our fans, have one big goal in mind on which we are all focused, we want to become champions of Germany,” said Reus.
Reus added that since he was brought in from Borussia Monchengladbach in 2012, he really loves the club based at Signal Iduna Park.
He also expressed his joy after being given the opportunity to defend Dortmund for more than a year
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“For me there is nothing better than scoring a goal in front of the best fans in the world and in the most beautiful stadium in the world and celebrating together,” said Reus.
“That’s why I am happy that I have extended my contract for another year, because I have always said that I would rather not play for another club in my career than for BVB,” he continued.
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This season, the 34-year-old winger has played 26 matches for the club and scored 8 goals.
During his black and yellow uniform, Reus has made a total of 382 matches in all competitions and scored 161 goals.
The footballer who was born on May 31, 1989 has won several prestigious titles during his decade of defending Dortmund, including 3 times the German Super Cup (2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2019/2020) and 2 times the DFB Pokal (2016/2017, 2020/ 2021).