“He’s still injured. He hasn’t trained with us since the League Cup game against Brentford (17 December),” Guardiola said on Friday. Oscar Bobb is in a challenging situation. The playing time threshold was already high this season for the 22-year-old, last week City signed the Premier League’s hottest winger, Semenyo. Only six months away, the World Cup playoffs await Norway, where Ståle Solbakken and “all of Norway” need a Bobb in sparkling good 90+ minute match form. So what’s going on?
English media have previously reported Bournemouth and Crystal Palace as very interested in bringing in the technical Norwegian, according to transfer journalist Romano, Borussia Dortmund have been the favorite to sign the 22-year-old, German Sport1 reported just over a week ago Oscar Bobb’s move from Manchester City to Borussia Dortmund on loan with an option to buy was imminent.
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Then Sport Bild claimed last week the process stopped, where the transfer risks being dropped. The German media claims Dortmund postponed the signing of Bobb for financial reasons. The total package required to secure Bobb permanently – including transfer fees, wages and agent fees – was deemed too high by the Bundesliga club.
Now, German Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg reports that the Dortmund management has a full overview of the process in Manchester, and is ready to strike at the possibility of a Bobb deal with rent plus purchase option. Bobb’s injury does not seem to worry the Bundesliga’s second-best club.
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We are more than happy to take a round with Bobb in the Dortmund shirt as a World Cup pre-season.
