Janni Luca Serra, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury while playing in a European Championship match for the German U19 national side against The Netherlands, will undergo an operation this week in Bad Griehsbach that will be performed by Professor Heinz-Jürgen Eichhorn.

The Head Coach of the Champions Hannes Wolf will have to do without the highly talented striker this season: "his injury is extremely painful. It is our target to get him fit and ready for the seniors next year."

Wolf will also have to do without Jacob Bruun Larsen for the Evonik RUHR Cup International, the biggest U19 tournament in Europe from the 4. to the 7.August in Dortmund, Marl, Velbert and Lünen. Larsen has been nominated for Denmark's Olympics squad. At the moment the 17 year old is on tour in China with the first team and he is the third Borussia player who will be going to the Olympics after Sven Bender and Matthias Ginter.

BVB will face Shanghai SIPG FC and 1.FC Köln in group A of the Evonik RUHR Cup International on Thursday, 4.August in the Stadion Rote Erde (17:00hrs, 19:30hrs) and on Friday they face Benfica Lisbon and also FC Liverpool in the Stadion Schwansbell in Lünen (from 16:30hrs). 

Schalke 04, Real Madrid, AS Monaco, Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen play in group B.

Wilfried Wittke

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