Syrian-born Mahmoud Dahoud will leave Borussia Moenchengladbach and join Dortmund in a 10-million-euro ($10.7m) deal in the next transfer window, it was reported Thursday.

Dahoud was on the radar of Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain and had just a year left on his current contract.

"Mo Dahoud is extremely talented and just right for our midfield," Dortmund sports director Michael Zorc said of the 21-year-old.

"He has already proved he has what it takes at the top level," he added.

Born in Syria in 1996 Dahoud hails from a Kurdish community and his parents fled their hometown Amuda when he was still a baby.

He joined Moenchengladbach in 2010 at 14 and developed into a Germany under-21 international under Lucien Favre, now doing well with a young squad at Nice.

Dortmund also have a bevvy of young stars including teenage strikers Ousmane Dembele, Christian Pulisic and Germany's 21-year-old defensive midfielder Julian Weigl.