The Borussia Dortmund midfielder Sven Bender has signed a contract extension tieing him to the club until 2021, and he urged his team-mates to do the same.
“I am extremely happy to be able to keep wearing the Dortmund top in the future,” said the 26-year-old, who joined the club in 2009 and won consecutive Bundesliga titles under Jürgen Klopp, now the Liverpool manager, in 2011 and 2012. “I would be happy if in the coming weeks other team-mates follow suit.” Several Dortmund players, including Ilkay Gündogan and Mats Hummels, have repeatedly been linked with moves abroad.
“I am happy that a player with such strength of character has decided in favour of a future with us,” said the Dortmund chief executive, Hans-Joachim Watzke.
Dortmund are second in the Bundesliga, 15 points clear of third-placed Hertha Berlin and eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich.
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