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Mats Hummels: Linked with Manchester United
Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke insists Mats Hummels' future will be decided by the German club with the defender still under contract.
Reports in the media suggest Manchester United will table a €35million (£25.7m) bid for the 2014 World Cup-winning centre-back, who has admitted the Red Devils would be his "only" choice if he moves abroad.
But with two more years to run on his current contract, Dortmund are eager to keep their 26-year-old captain having lost Robert Lewandowski and Mario Gotze to Bayern Munich in the last two seasons.
"We have had the situation in Dortmund recently that we have lost one of our top performers every year," Watzke told German daily newspaper Bild.
"And we still haven't stopped playing football. But to make it clear, Mats Hummels knows the contract situation.
"The decision as to where Mats plays next season is of course only down to Borussia Dortmund."
Dortmund are also waiting on Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan to extend his current contract, which expires in June 2016, but Watze says "no decision has yet been taken."
he added: "No-one needs to worry: we will have a strong team next year."
"If we don't qualify for Europe next season, we will have to trim down, because our squad will be too big for a year without international competition.
"But the team budget will still be higher than in the years when we were German champions."
One player reportedly set to leave Dortmund at the end of the season is Italy striker Ciro Immobile, who has failed to make an impact since his €18.5m move from Torino last year.
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