Italian striker Ciro Immobile has put his Dortmund nightmare on hold as he has joined Sevilla on a season long loan deal.
Sevilla confirmed the transfer earlier today, and the 25-year-old will be hoping to recapture some of the form he found at Torino, where he was top scorer in Serie A for the 2013-14 season.
Struggles at BVB
Immobile has scored just ten times in 32 apearances since signing for Borussia Dortmund in the summer for a fee of around £13million, his first coming in the 2-0 win over Arsenal at the Signal Iduna Park in the Champions League.
Ultimately, he failed to impress in his first season at Dortmund despite manager Jürgen Klopp sticking with him, and once interest from other clubs was concrete it became apparent that Dortmund would be willing to let him leave.
Sevilla will pay a loan fee of around £2.1million for his year of services, and it does not appear that there is an obligation to buy in the deal.
Bacca replacement problem solved?
Since talisman Carlos Bacca has agreed to join Serie A giants AC Milan, Sevilla have been searching frantically for a replacement for the Colombian.
Bacca scored 34 goals in 71 games for Los Rojiblancos and was pivotal to the side retaining their Europa League Champions title. If Immobile can replicate his form from 2013-14, there is no reason why he can not replace Bacca's production, but he undoubtedly has big shoes to fill.
Dortmund set to keep Aubameyang?
Having allowed Immobile to leave, it could now be implied that Borussia will be keeping hold of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, despite interest from a range of clubs.
In their current squad, only Marco Reus (as a winger), Marvin Ducksch, Adrian Ramos and Aubameyang are listed as forwards, meaning that it is unlikely they will sell any more strikers without a replacement sourced.
