Dortmund confirm Sokratis Papastathopoulos signing as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Felipe-Santana-c13545 moves to Schalke – Football News
German league runners-up, Borussia Dortmund, have made the move for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 international, Felipe Santana, joining the Miners.
Dortmund has announced the official signing of Werder Bremen star, Papastathopoulos, for an undisclosed fee. The young prodigy’s agent told last week that the player was on the brink of moving to the Signal Iduna Park outfit and
the defender has now penned a five-year contract with the BVB.
"We are very pleased that Sokratis has decided to join Borussia Dortmund. He can play in several positions in defence and he has a lot of potential," sporting director http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Zorc was quoted as saying in an interview.
The Black Yellows claimed they are happy to get Sokratis join the side. The player can play in a number of positions in defence and is very talented. He is a youth product of the AEK Athens academy and has played for Niki Volos,
Genoa and Ac Milan before moving to Bremen in the summer transfer window of 2011.
The Greece international has played 59 games in the league and scored two goals during his stint with Bremen.
"I would like to thank the fans, players and everybody else at the club for my time here. It was a very hard decision to leave BVB," the former Borussia Dortmund player mused.
On the other hand, Felipe Santana has departed from the BVB for fierce rivals’ http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Schalke-04-c39204 as he wants more playing time for a transfer fee of around €1 million. He thanked the supporters, his team members and other officials
at the club for a great time.
"I need regular playing time, though, if I want to make it into the Brazilian national team and that's my goal," the Black Yellows star finally concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santana-c32502 stated that it was difficult to move away from Dortmund. However, he is at a stage in his career where it is important to get regular action in order to play for Brazil. He came to the Bundesliga side in 2008 from Figueirense
and has played more than 100 games for the Black Yellows.
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