The Hive: Our writers give their Borussia Dortmund transfer wishlists

MAINZ, GERMANY - DECEMBER 12: Shinji Kagawa of Dortmund celebrates after scoring his team`s second goal with Andrey Yarmolenko of Dortmund, Sokratis Papastathopoulos of Dortmund, Oemer Toprak of Dortmund, Marcel Schmelzer of Dortmund, Julian Weigl of Dortmund and Jeremy Toljan of Dortmund during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund at Opel Arena on December 12, 2017 in Mainz, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/TF-Images via Getty Images) /

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Joel MacDonald

I was thinking of competent center-backs in the Bundesliga that are worthy of playing for Borussia Dortmund, while not being too expensive, and I came up short.

That’s when I started to look elsewhere. My attention was drawn to Spain, where a certain Spanish defender who usually sits in the reserves of a certain Spanish rival team. Nacho Fernández.

MADRID, SPAIN – DECEMBER 06: Nacho Fernandez of Real Madrid competes for the ball with Raphael Guerreiro of Borussia Dortmund during the UEFA Champions League group H match between Real Madrid CF and Borussia Dortmund at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 6, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Victor Carretero/Real Madrid via Getty Images) /

He rarely starts for Real Madrid, and when he does, he is absolutely solid. Capable of playing center-back and right-back, Nacho also possesses distributing qualities with the ball that make him good all around. Since he is rarely utilized by Real Madrid, they might be willing to let him go for a smaller price.

Right now, Real Madrid is struggling with having a small squad, but I believe they are fully capable of replacing him.

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