French defender Joane Gadou joins Borussia Dortmund from Salzburg to replace Niklas Sule

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gadou-koukou/vq1r8p3m/"]Gadou[/a], 19, arrives from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/Olvehxrl/"]Red Bull Salzburg[/a] on a deal running until 2031 for a reported fee of 20 million euros (£17.35 million) plus bonuses.[/p][p]A France international at junior levels, Gadou came through the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] academy before moving to Salzburg in 2024.[/p][p]The transfer is [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Dortmund[/a]'s first under new sporting director Ole Book, who pledged to return the club's focus to signing young talents.[/p][embed guid="7d3f3481-5ccd-4486-856c-c5802a9f4b70" url="https://x.com/BlackYellow/status/2054174492205686880?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adeyemi-karim/GvIzwgo8/"]Karim Adeyemi[/a] also joined Dortmund from Salzburg.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sule-niklas/G43Lp4in/"]Sule[/a], a 49-time Germany international, announced earlier in May that he would retire in the summer, aged 30.[/p]