{"id":931079,"date":"2026-09-01T09:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/borrusia-dortmund-weigh-up-deadline-day-swoop-for-ethan-nwaneri\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:16:28","slug":"borrusia-dortmund-weigh-up-deadline-day-swoop-for-ethan-nwaneri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/borrusia-dortmund-weigh-up-deadline-day-swoop-for-ethan-nwaneri\/","title":{"rendered":"Borrusia Dortmund weigh up Deadline Day swoop for Ethan Nwaneri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ethan-Nwaneri.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Borrusia Dortmund weigh up Deadline Day swoop for Ethan Nwaneri\">\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund are exploring a potential dramatic Deadline Day swoop for Ethan Nwaneri, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2094537351951200489\">Florian Plettenberg<\/a> has reported.<\/p>\n<p>With the German giants looking to add attacking reinforcements ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Deadline Day, Dortmund have internally discussed a potential loan deal for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/soccer-transfers\/arsenal-transfers\/\">Arsenal<\/a>\u2019s starlet.<\/p>\n<p>The Sky Germany reporter also suggested that BVB had shown concrete interest last summer and were hopeful of reaching an agreement with the reigning Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>However, while a potential deal might have failed to materialise 12 months ago, the England U21 International remains a genuine option on Deadline Day.<\/p>\n<p>Completely omitted from Mikel Arteta\u2019s squad for Monday\u2019s 1-0 victory away at Aston Villa, the 19-year-old has been informed that he will be allowed to leave north London should an acceptable offer be presented.<\/p>\n<p>Nwaneri spent the second-half of last season on loan with French outfit Marseille and registered two goals and one assist in his nine Ligue 1 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>With Arteta openly discussing the prospect for another stint away from the Emirates this summer, Nwaneri is one of a handful of attacking stars the Dortmund hierarchy are assessing.<\/p>\n<p>Making his record-breaking Arsenal debut as a 15-year-old, he remains the youngest player to ever appear in a Premier League fixture.<\/p>\n<p>With it incredibly hard to see where Nwaneri will find regular minutes among Arteta\u2019s defending champions this season, the 19-year-old should relish an opportunity to help Dortmund mount a genuine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/soccer-transfers\/german-bundesliga-transfers\/\">Bundesliga<\/a> title charge.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\u23f3 Borussia Dortmund are working at full speed on a replacement for the injured Giannis Konstantelias (ACL).<\/p>\n<p>Talks are ongoing. Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) and Marcel Regula (Lubin) are currently the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>A decision is expected in the next few hours, with the deal to be\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l5EQ5AbEP1\">pic.twitter.com\/l5EQ5AbEP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2094537351951200489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the summer transfer window officially set to slam shut on Tuesday night, you can stay on top of all the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/soccer-transfers\/rumours\/\">transfer news<\/a> and rumours here.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/borrusia-dortmund-weigh-up-deadline-day-swoop-for-ethan-nwaneri\/404136\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Tom Dunstan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Borussia Dortmund are exploring a potential dramatic Deadline Day swoop for Ethan Nwaneri, Florian Plettenberg has reported. With the German giants looking to add attacking reinforcements ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Deadline Day, Dortmund have internally discussed a potential loan deal for the Arsenal\u2019s starlet. The Sky Germany reporter also suggested that BVB had shown concrete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":931080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152100,33602,2005],"tags":[7623,7624],"class_list":["post-931079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-borrusia","category-dortmund","category-soccer","tag-borrusia","tag-dortmund"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}