Bundesliga suspension: How it could impact Borussia Dortmund

DORTMUND, GERMANY - MARCH 14: The empty periphery of the Signal Iduna Park, home stadium of Borussia Dortmund, is seen on March 9, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection continues to rise daily across Germany so is the impact of the virus on everyday life. Businesses are increasing home office work, airlines are decreasing their flight capacity, schools with cases of the virus are closing temporarily, some sports events are void of spectators, shops are selling out of disinfectants and large-scale public events are being cancelled. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
DORTMUND, GERMANY - MARCH 14: The empty periphery of the Signal Iduna Park, home stadium of Borussia Dortmund, is seen on March 9, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection continues to rise daily across Germany so is the impact of the virus on everyday life. Businesses are increasing home office work, airlines are decreasing their flight capacity, schools with cases of the virus are closing temporarily, some sports events are void of spectators, shops are selling out of disinfectants and large-scale public events are being cancelled. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images) /
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MAINZ, GERMANY – DECEMBER 14: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund celebrates during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund at Opel Arena on December 14, 2019 in Mainz, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
MAINZ, GERMANY – DECEMBER 14: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund celebrates during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund at Opel Arena on December 14, 2019 in Mainz, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

Marco Reus to return from injury

Let’s start off with a positive, as the remainder of the impacts are likely going to be negative. The Bundesliga has been suspended until April 2nd, which lines up exactly with Marco Reus’ timeline for recovery. Dortmund were supposed to be without their star man for another 3-4 games before the Coronavirus shut the league down. With the league now taking a leave of absence for the time being it allows the Dortmund Captain to get healthy without missing any more games.

If/when the Bundesliga picks back up, it’s a massive boost for Dortmund to come back likely fully healthy with their biggest weapon back in the lineup. Those four games Reus would have missed could easily have taken Dortmund out of the title race if they weren’t able to keep pace with Bayern.