Dortmund have shifted to signing some “older” guys. Brandt was derided as a bit of a bust by some but I think he’s been a good signing. Haaland wasn’t some 16y old either.
Don’t get me wrong, they have a bunch of middle schooler running around in their B team but they’ve shown you can do both.
And we all know that if you’re good enough you’re old enough. I think Vlahović is in that tier of players who is good enough. Is he worth €70m? Nobody is actually worth that money but I’d take two years of him slapping the goals in before and accepting a transfer to Real or whatever over a five year deal for DCL (which is what we’re ending up with).