Photo: There are few appearances this season, and Mukoko will not be called to participate in the U21 European Youth Championship and the Club World Cup

On May 16, German media Biography reported that since Mukoko's performance in Nice was not ideal on loan, the German U21 National Youth Team did not intend to recruit him to participate in this summer's U21 European Youth Championship, and Dortmund also decided not to recall him to participate in the Club World Cup in advance.

The 20-year-old striker broke one record after another during his youth team, including when he was 12 years old and scored goals in the German U16 national team - both of which are records. He is also the youngest player in Bundesliga history (16 years and 1 day), and the same record applies to the Champions League (16 years and 18 days) and the U21 national team (16 years and 286 days). Another highlight moment was that Mukoko was called to participate in the World Cup in 2022, so he became the youngest World Cup player in German history.

But now, the greatest hope of this former German forward has gradually subsided. He was not needed at Dortmund and was loaned to Ligue 1 team Nice a year ago, but his performance there was also not ideal: he only made 11 appearances and scored 2 goals. And in the past 13 league games, he has not even received any chance to play. The last time Mukoko appeared in Nice was in the game against Toulouse in early February, and played for only one minute - this was more than 100 days ago.

Now, the striker who is good at driving through the ball has suffered another blow, because according to Biography, German U21 national team coach Di Salvo is very likely not to include him on the roster of the upcoming Slovakia U21 European Youth Championship (June 11-28).

In fact, Mukoko played a huge role in the process of the German U21 national youth team advancing to the European Youth Finals: he scored 12 goals in 10 games, and he was the best scorer in the German U21 qualifiers. However, he will only be able to watch the event on the sofa this summer, and the same situation applies to the Club World Cup. The report stated that Dortmund will not bring Mukoko to this event, which is due to competitive performance and economic considerations. If Mukoko is to be allowed to participate in the Club World Cup, Dortmund will need to terminate his loan contract in Nice one month in advance, and based on his annual salary of 8.5 million euros in Dortmund, this will allow the Yellow and Black Legion to pay an additional fee of about 700,000 euros this summer. For Dortmund, it is not worth investing so much money for this former prodigy.