{"id":443674,"date":"2011-06-18T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/18\/borussia-dortmund-open-talks-over-new-contract-with-manchester-united-target-shinji-kagawa\/"},"modified":"2011-06-18T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T19:01:00","slug":"borussia-dortmund-open-talks-over-new-contract-with-manchester-united-target-shinji-kagawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/18\/borussia-dortmund-open-talks-over-new-contract-with-manchester-united-target-shinji-kagawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Borussia Dortmund open talks over new contract with Manchester United target Shinji Kagawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Gary Niblock<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Jun 2011 20:01:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"79.0436241611\">\n<div readability=\"14.3762376238\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shinji Kagawa, Borrusia Dortmund (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/114800\/114858_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shinji Kagawa, Borrusia Dortmund (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Japan international midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/japan\/29077\/shinji-kagawa\">Shinji Kagawa<\/a> has opened talks with German champions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/germany\/160\/borussia\">Borussia Dortmund<\/a> with the intention of signing an extension to his current contract that runs out in the summer of 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kagawa, who joined Dortmund from Cerezo Osaka for \u20ac350,000 \u00a3310,000 last summer, proved an instant hit in his first six months in Germany. He now wants to put his future on a more secure footing, in the wake of reported interest from several foreign teams, including Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have already had an initial conversation with Dortmund director of football Michael Zorc,\u201d Kagawa&#8217;s agent Thomas Kroth told <em>Bild<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBoth parties are interested in a longer-term contract.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kroth also said that the 22-year-old is eagerly waiting for the 2011-12 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: &#8220;Shinji is really looking forward to the new campaign and the great atmosphere in the Signal-Iduna-Park. The contract talks will probably resume sometime during pre-season.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kagawa, who scored eight league goals in his first season, made a substitute appearance in Dortmund&#8217;s final Bundesliga game against Eintracht Frankfurt having been out since January with a broken foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3275\/bundesliga\/2011\/06\/18\/2537934\/borussia-dortmund-open-talks-over-new-contract-with\" title=\"Borussia Dortmund open talks over new contract with Manchester United target Shinji Kagawa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borussia Dortmund open talks over new contract with Manchester United target Shinji Kagawa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Gary Niblock 18 Jun 2011 20:01:00 Shinji Kagawa, Borrusia Dortmund (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa has opened talks with German champions Borussia Dortmund with the intention of signing an extension to his current contract that runs out in the summer of 2013. Kagawa, who joined Dortmund from Cerezo Osaka for \u20ac350,000 \u00a3310,000 last summer, proved an instant hit in his first six months in Germany. He now wants to put his future on a more secure footing, in the wake of reported interest from several foreign teams, including Manchester United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":443676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-443674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Borussia Dortmund open talks over new contract with Manchester United target Shinji Kagawa - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/18\/borussia-dortmund-open-talks-over-new-contract-with-manchester-united-target-shinji-kagawa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Borussia Dortmund open talks over new contract with Manchester United target Shinji Kagawa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Gary Niblock 18 Jun 2011 20:01:00 Shinji Kagawa, Borrusia Dortmund (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa has opened talks with German champions Borussia Dortmund with the intention of signing an extension to his current contract that runs out in the summer of 2013. 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