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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Navjot Kasukurthy

It’s Christmas and I would love to say that I have my transfer wish list ready, but the truth is that it is very difficult to improve upon the squad we already have.

One would have hoped that Marc Bartra, Sokratis and Toprak would have come through. But apart from the Greek, the entire defence as a whole has been lacklustre. It might seem difficult but signing Jonathan Tah should be made a priority. Even if the move actually happens in the summer, an approach should be made now. Tah and Zagadou could form a pairing that will last a generation.

Jonathan Tah of Leverkusen and Andrej Yarmolenko of Dortmund battle for the ball. During the Bundesliga match. Between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. At BayArena. (Photo by TF-Images/TF-Images via Getty Images) /

Another name on my wish list is Liverpool man Emre Can. The versatile box-to-box midfielder is capable of adding that special something which will solidify the centre of the pitch.

In attack, Dortmund already have some capable reserves. The likes of Maximilian Philipp can play centrally while Schurrle and Reus are capable of playing on the wings. There is also Jadon Sancho who can support Pulisic and Aubameyang in attack.

Signing Tah and Can will prove a tall task at the moment but making contact now will read dividends in the future.

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