Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund have given star attacker Shinji Kagawa a month to decide if he wants to extend his contract.
The Japan international whose current deal expires in 2013 has been offered a three-year extension through 2016 with an annual salary of three million euros.
But after waiting several months for a response, Dortmund s front office has ran out of patience and want an answer from Kagawa, while the club is still in a position to ask for a high transfer fee.
It s about planning for the future of the club, sporting director Michael Zorc told Kicker.
Other positions are involved too. We need security.
Kagawa has garnered attention from Premier League giants Manchester United and Chelsea as well as Serie A powerhouse AC Milan.
A transfer fee of 15 million euros would not be out of the question; a bargain when one compares the figure to the 350,000 euros spent by the Germans to acquire the player from J-League outfit Cerezo Osaka in 2010.
Manager Jurgen Klopp already appears to have come to terms with a Kagawa exit.
If Shinji leaves, life goes on, Klopp told Kicker.
After all, it s not like we had planned on playing an identical line-up for the next 25 years.
