Emre Can unlikely to be fit for the start of the new season

Borussia Dortmund will most likely have to manage without their captain when they kick off the 2025/26 campaign.

Emre Can remains in a race against time to be fit for the start of Borussia Dortmund’s 2025/26 campaign.

According to Bild, the 31-year-old BVB captain currently looks unlikely to be fit for Dortmund’s first competitive match of the new season against Rot-Weiss Essen in the DFB-Pokal on August 18.

Can has missed both the Club World Cup and the start of pre-season due to ongoing adductor issues.

He is currently limited to individual training, and it’s still unclear when he will be able to rejoin full team sessions.