Dortmund’s Reus wants to leave club with major trophy

Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus has failed to taste major success in an injury-plagued career but the German is now ready to leave the club with the Champions League trophy.

The 34-year-old attacking midfielder is departing Dortmund after 12 years at the club and hopes to do so on a high in his last match for them by beating mighty Real Madrid in the Champions League final at Wembley stadium on Saturday.

“Borussia Dortmund mean everything for me,” Reus said this week. “When you are 12 years at a club then it just has to mean everything.”

The former Germany international, who also spent a decade at the Ruhr Valley club as a youth player, has scored 170 goals in 428 matches for Dortmund while setting up another 131.

Reus is no stranger to a Champions League final or to Wembley, having lost the 2013 showcase to Bayern Munich.

“That was 11 years ago. Now it is a different opponent and different players,” Reus said.

“There are worse ways to complete your career at a club than to start with a Champions League final in 2013 and end it with a Champions League final in 2024.”