As the Football Republic team, we shared with you 3 weeks ago that Borussia Dortmund football club was thinking about how to fill the gap after Erling Haaland's departure, who had made great contributions to the team in the last two years, and that they thought they would fill Haaland's place with Sebastien Haller.
And we had pointed out that Haller's transfer, who is Ajax's striker who attracted attention with his performance in the Champions League, could be a serious solution for the place they thought of instead of Erling Haaland.
We see that the cost risk we expressed as "We don't know if an agreement will be reached between Dortmund and Ajax on the 35 million euro transfer fee" has been realized exactly as we predicted.
The day before yesterday, Borussia Dortmund officially announced on its official website that it has added 28-year-old Ivory Coast Sebastien Haller to its squad. He signed a contract with Sebastien Haller, who left Ajax, until June 30, 2026. The German team will pay Ajax 34.5 million Euros for Sebastien Haller's transfer fee.
As Football Republic, we had pointed out that the 28-year-old player's cost and future sale projection risk and investment relationship was an issue that needed attention, and considering the age, quality, future sale/risk relationship for Erling Haaland who went to Manchester City, we had offered Switzerland's BSC Young Boys' American striker Jordan Siebatcheu as a recommendation to Dortmund.
Theoson-Jordan Siebatche, commonly known as Jordan Pefok, transferred to Young Boys last year in exchange for 2.5 million euros paid to Rennes club. Jordan Pefok, who grew up in the same country's infrastructure as Sebastien Haller, has the same height and characteristics, and his biggest advantage was that he was a bit faster and younger.
Sebastien Haller or Jordan Pefok?
Of course, our positive evaluation in the cost/performance/future sale and profit risk analysis of Jordan Pefok, which we gave as a Football Republic recommendation for Borussia Dortmund club on June 19, 2022, was our first criterion.
Sebastien Haller's performance of 24 goals in 60 matches in 2 years, especially at Eintracht Frankfurt, and his knowledge of the Bundesliga can be considered as a foresight that reduces the on-field risk for Borussia Dortmund, but we believe that Pefok, who proved his class in the Champions League last year, especially at Young Boys, will experience a serious comparison season next year...
Borussia Dortmund's new sporting director Sebastian Kehl. We hope his statement "Sebastien is strong and very physically resilient. With his experience, he can also provide support and stability to our young attacking players." does not disappoint expectations.
After all, Sebastian Kehl was a midfielder. The biggest difference between a striker and a midfielder is the presence of players who will provide the final touch for a striker to score.
If Sebastian Kehl can put players like Brazilian Antony and Dusan Tadic, who work in the wing position at Ajax, next to Haller, he won't experience performance risk.
Haller will wear the classic striker number 9 at BVB.
What will Ajax do now?
We would like to offer them a Football Republic recommendation.
If Ajax takes Jordan Pefok, who has similar characteristics to Sebastien Haller, while having Antony, who we consider the best player of last year, this season the Brazilian national football player Antony, whose original name is Antony Matheus dos Santos, who works in the wing position, will score more goals than Haller scored last year in Ajax jersey. Thus, Ajax both fills Haller's place and increases Antony's performance, raising his market price to a minimum of 50 million euros next year.
Jordan Pefok is a Football Republic recommendation for Ajax.
July 08, 2022
