Dortmund veteran Hummels extends contract to 2024

The extension means Hummels, 34, one of Dortmund's three captains alongside Marco Reus and English teenager Jude Bellingham, will play a 14th season with the club.

"I didn't take the decision lightly," the 2014 World Cup winner said in a statement. "It was a long deliberation process but now, at the end of the season, I can say that I'm really in the mood for another year."

Dortmund are currently two points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga table, with one game to play. Dortmund face Mainz at home on Saturday and can guarantee their first league title in a decade with a win.

Hummels came through the junior divisions at Bayern and was loaned to Dortmund in January of 2008, signing for the latter club in 2009. He stayed with Dortmund until 2016, moving to Bayern for three seasons, before returning in 2019.