Tomasz Włodarczyk has poured cold water on the Real Madrid talk around Marcel Reguła. Speaking to Meczyki.pl, he said the idea of a Madrid move was nonsense, and added that Borussia Dortmund still look the favourite for the Zagłębie Lubin player.

Reguła was very close to joining Dortmund at the end of the summer transfer window, but the move did not happen. Borussia Dortmund decided on Ethan Nwaneri from Arsenal instead, which left the door open for a later deal.

Dortmund remain the more realistic option

Włodarczyk’s view is hard to ignore because he also warned that Reguła could have problems starting at Real Madrid. He said, in translated comments to Meczyki.pl: "According to a quick verification, that's nonsense, there is no such topic. If Real were to contact us, then eyes could light up, but let's be honest - to start playing abroad at Real Madrid? Marcel Reguła could have certain problems, to put it mildly"

His second point was even clearer on the destination itself. He told Meczyki.pl, in comments translated from Polish: "In my opinion, Borussia Dortmund is still the favourite and a very likely destination. As long as the Germans do not try to force him into the position of a right wing-back"

That role point matters because it gives Dortmund a straightforward route into the story. If they want him as an attacker rather than a wing-back, the fit looks cleaner than a move to Madrid, where the first-team pressure is much higher and the margin for error is far smaller.

The form around Dortmund also helps explain why they stay in the frame. They are still second in the Bundesliga and have won 4 of their last 5 matches. Real Madrid, by contrast, have won 5 straight league matches and are second in La Liga, which only raises the level of the challenge if Reguła were pushed into that environment now.

For the moment, the cleaner read is still Dortmund. Reguła is 20, he was close to that move in the summer, and the latest public denial leaves Madrid as noise rather than a live transfer story.

Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 5 outlets. How we work →