When FSV Mainz 05 announced on their official website on Tuesday morning that Yunus Malli would be staying with the club for the time being, it meant Borussia Dortmund's biggest target of the transfer market was out of their reach.
Mainz's sporting director Christian Heidel confirmed what multiple media outlets had reported already: Dortmund and Mainz had agreed on the financial parameters of the transfer for the current transfer window, but the timing for the 05ers was just not right.
Now that Malli will stay at the Rhineland-Palatine side for at least six more months, Dortmund are back at square one.