Thorough research in the transfer market since 2012-13 has seen BVB continually pick up talented youngsters before selling them on for a tidy profit
1Europe's money-making talent factory
Gotze: €37m
Ginter: €17m
Kagawa: €18.8m
Dembele: €105m
Hummels: €35m
Gundogan: €22.1m
Aubameyang: €62m
Mkhitaryan: €41.8m
Sokratis: €15.9m
Pulisic: €64.2m
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TOTAL: €418.8m (£376.8m/$480.8m)
Although several other players have moved on since the end of the 2012-13 season, it is striking that Dortmund have made approximately €418.8m (£378.5m / $483.1m) from the sale of just the 10 players listed above, underlining just why Signal Iduna Park is regarded as Europe's money-making talent factor.
AdvertisementGetty Images2Christian Pulisic – €64m profit
Now on loan at Dortmund until the end of the season as part of the deal that saw him agree to move to Chelsea this summer for €64.2m (£58m/$74m), Pulisic is the club's latest and arguably greatest transfer success story.
The versatile American attacker was picked up by BVB at the tender age of 16, and quickly forced his way into the first teams of both his club and his country.
In signing for Chelsea, Pulisic became Dortmund's second-biggest sale of all time, behind only Dembele.
Getty Images3Sokratis Papastathopoulos – €10.5m profit
Sokratis Papastathopoulos took a winding road to Dortmund, coming to prominence at Genoa and failing with AC Milan before a strong spell in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen convinced BVB to part with €9.5m (£8.6m/$11m) for the Greek's services.
It proved another inspired investment. The defender starred for five years at Signal Iduna Park, forming a formidable partnership with Hummels to cement his reputation as a top-class centre-half.
When Arsenal moved for the Greece international in the summer of 2018, the Gunners paid BVB approximately €15.9m (£14.4m/$18.3m), meaning more money for BVB's coffers.
Getty Images4Henrikh Mkhitaryan – €14.5m profit
The Armenian playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan was signed to replace the Bayern Munich-bound Gotze, joining from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013 for a then-club record €27.5m (£24.9m/$31.7m).
Three sterling seasons in the Bundesliga earned Mkhitaryan a €41.8m (£37.8m/$48.1m) move to Manchester United, and BVB another healthy profit on their initial investment.