Serhou Guirassy Wants to Leave Borussia Dortmund This Summer

Serhou Guirassy has told Borussia Dortmund he wants out. Not next year. Not “at some point.” This summer.

After two prolific seasons in Westphalia, the 30-year-old has informed the club he intends to leave in the upcoming transfer window, drawing a sharp line under what has been one of the Bundesliga’s most efficient attacking partnerships.

Signed from VfB Stuttgart for €18 million in 2024, Guirassy has repaid that fee several times over. Fifty-nine goals and 15 assists in 95 competitive games is elite output by any standard, the kind of return that usually makes a club bend over backwards to keep a striker happy.

This time, it may not be enough.

Goals, glory – and growing frustration

On the surface, the relationship still works. The Guinea international remains a central figure, trusted by the coaching staff and productive on the pitch. He has hit 16 Bundesliga goals this season, good enough for third in the scoring charts.

Yet behind the numbers, discontent has been building.

According to Sky Sports, Guirassy has reached a firm decision after weighing his role and the demands of Dortmund’s current system. The issue is not minutes or status, but style. He is understood to be unhappy with the team’s tactical approach and believes his game belongs on an even bigger stage, in a structure that plays more to his strengths.

For a 2025 Ballon d’Or nominee in his prime, the clock is ticking. He wants a new challenge while his stock is at its peak.

A clause that invites sharks

Dortmund’s problem is not just that their main striker wants to leave. It’s how easily he can be taken.

Guirassy’s contract contains a €50 million release clause, but it is not open to everyone. Only a select band of Europe’s financial heavyweights can trigger it outright. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal all have that option available.

None of them have moved yet. No formal bid, no public push. Just interest, and the quiet knowledge that one phone call and one payment could blow a hole in Dortmund’s attack.

Outside that elite group, the queue is forming. AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, and Fenerbahce have all registered their interest. They cannot simply activate the clause; they would need to sit down with BVB and negotiate a fee the old-fashioned way. That gives Dortmund a sliver of leverage, but only if the superclubs stay on the sidelines.

Dortmund’s delicate balancing act

Timing could hardly be more awkward. Dortmund sit second in the Bundesliga and will close their domestic campaign away to Werder Bremen on Saturday, May 16. Guirassy remains central to that push, the spearhead of an attack that has leaned heavily on his penalty-box instincts.

Replacing that profile will be brutally expensive. Strikers with his output and experience rarely come cheap, and Dortmund know it. Every goal he scores between now and the end of the season only underlines the size of the gap he would leave behind.

Inside the club, there is no appetite to let him go without a fight. Sporting decision-makers Lars Ricken and Ole Book are determined to change his mind, to sell him on a refined project rather than a fresh start. They must convince a forward in his prime that Dortmund can still be the platform for his ambitions, even as Europe’s richest sides circle.

The numbers say Guirassy has never been more valuable. The release clause says he has never been more vulnerable to a move. Somewhere between those two truths, Dortmund’s summer will be defined.