Borussia Dortmund will not have the services of big name new acquisition Henrikh Mkhitaryan for their 2013-14 season opener Saturday at Augsburg due to an ankle issue, coach Juergen Klopp said Thursday.
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"Micki cannot play," said Klopp, who has not had the Armenian international in training since Mkhitaryan injured his ankle about three weeks ago.
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Mkhitaryan, who arrived in Dortmund in the off- season for 25 million euros (33.3 million dollars) from Shakhtar Donetsk, recently was able to train individually, but remains out of team training.
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Dortmund are also questioning if Ilkay Guendogan can play after the German international left training Thursday with a back issue.
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Should Guendogan not be able to go, Klopp could insert summer signee Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the right wing and Marco Reus would move into the middle. Australian Mitch Langerak meanwhile will definitely fill in for suspended top keeper Roman Weidenfeller.
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It appears more and more likely that Dortmund are done adding players -after bringing in Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang and centre back Sokratis during the summer.
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"We are still keeping our eyes open, but the roster is strong enough as well," said Klopp, who has especially been impressed with the club's own youth players such as Marvin Duksch and Jonas Hofmann.
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"At the moment today, all the guys we have added have left a fantastic impression. Now we hope that everything stays like that and everybody stays healthy and we will play a season which we can all look back on very, very positively."