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FC Copenhagen Sign Youssoufa Moukoko from Borussia Dortmund in €5m Deal
FC Copenhagen have signed forward Youssoufa Moukoko from Borussia Dortmund for €5 million. The 20-year-old joins the Danish champions on a long-term contract.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Youssoufa Moukoko has left Borussia Dortmund for FC Copenhagen. The deal is reported to be worth €5 million, and his contract will run until at least 2030. Moukoko made 99 first-team appearances at Dortmund, scoring 18 goals, but he had more limited opportunities recently due to new attacking signings.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
FC Copenhagen are aiming to build on a successful campaign where they finished first in the Danish Superliga, narrowly edging out Brøndby by just two points. Moukoko’s arrival is seen as a coup as the club’s management described him as ‘young, hungry and with a high technical level’, believing he could be a difference-maker both immediately and in the longer term.
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund concluded the 2024/25 Bundesliga season in fourth, securing Champions League football but trailing champions Bayern Munich by 13 points. Dortmund’s decision to part with Moukoko indicated the club’s drive in changing its attack, following the arrivals of Maximilian Beier and Serhou Guirassy.
WHAT NEXT FOR COPENHAGEN AND MOUKOKO?
FC Copenhagen are preparing for the start of the 2025/26 Danish Superliga season, where they will look to defend their league title, with their first fixture against newly-promoted SønderjyskE. SønderjyskE finished second in the First Division playoffs but showed incredible resolve to climb from fourth in the regular campaign to don the playoff leaders’ mantle before narrowly missing out on ending as champions. The club will be eager to prove itself back in the top-flight versus a team that was a part of the UEFA Champions League not so long ago. Copenhagen had the likes of Patrick Dorgu in their ranks and sold players to fuel the campaign. The player had been linked with clubs across Europe after joining the Danish side from Espanyol but is yet to show his true potential for the team that won the Superliga last season.
