Borussia Dortmund announced on Friday that Marco Reus will depart the club at the end of the season, concluding his remarkable 12-year tenure.
Both the player and the club have agreed not to extend his contract. Reus, a product of the Dortmund academy, returned to the club from Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2012.
Since then, he has made 424 appearances, scoring 168 goals and providing 128 assists.
“I’m incredibly grateful for and proud of this special time at my club Borussia Dortmund” Reus said in a statement.
“I have spent more than half of my life at this club and enjoyed every day, even though there have of course been difficult moments too.”
Reus has been a pivotal figure at Dortmund, notably securing DFB-Pokal victories in 2016-17 and 2020-21 and reaching the Champions League final under Jürgen Klopp in 2013.
Despite currently sitting fifth in the Bundesliga table, Dortmund has advanced to the last four of the Champions League. They secured a 1-0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their semifinal at the Westfalenstadion on Wednesday.
“I already know now that I will find it difficult to say goodbye at the end of the season,” Reus said. “And yet I’m happy that there is now clarity and that we can focus fully on the very important final games that we still have to play.
“We have a big objective in our sights that we all want to achieve together. To do so, we will need every single one of our unbelievable fans, to whom I would like to express my sincere thanks for their unbelievable support over the years.”
Dortmund face Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday.