Borussia Dortmund's 10 best signings of the decade (2010-2019)

#5 Marco Reus (2012)

Marco Reus is arguably Dortmund's most important player today

Marco Reus was already one of Europe’s most highly-rated young players when he made the move from Borussia Monchengladbach to Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2012 for around €17m, but incredibly, Die Schwarzgelben could’ve had him for nothing had they simply kept hold of him when he was in their youth system. Instead, they’d let him go as a 17-year old and watched him develop into a prolific goalscorer, culminating in him scoring 18 Bundesliga goals in 2011-12.

The German international had a tremendous debut season at his boyhood club, scoring 19 goals across all competitions as Dortmund made it to the final of the Champions League, and then beat that total in the 2013-14 season, scoring an impressive 23 goals in 44 matches.

His excellent form continued until his career was hit by injuries in 2016, but once he returned to full strength in the 2018-19 season – and was joined at Dortmund by his former Monchengladbach coach Lucien Favre – he was named the club’s new captain and ended up hitting 21 goals in 37 games, as well as registering 9 assists.

In the current season, Reus has already scored 9 goals and is arguably Dortmund’s most important player.