Report: Toronto FC adding MF Niklas Dorsch from Heidenheim on $4.3M fee

Report: Toronto FC adding MF Dorsch from Heidenheim on $4.3M fee

Published: July 22, 2026 at 8:58a.m. EDT

24 January 2026, Baden-Württemberg, Heidenheim: Soccer: Bundesliga, 1. FC Heidenheim - RB Leipzig, Matchday 19, Voith-Arena. Niklas Dorsch (l, 1. FC Heidenheim 1846) in action against Yan Diomandé (RB Leipzig). Photo: Harry Langer/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL German Football League and the DFB German Football Association, it is prohibited to utilize or have utilized photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequential images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Harry Langer/picture alliance via Getty Images) (picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I)

Toronto FC have reached a deal to sign midfielder Niklas Dorsch from Germany’s Heidenheim, Fabrizio Romano reports.

According to Romano, Toronto will pay a $4.3 million transfer fee for Dorsch, who is set to ink a five-year contract with the MLS club.

Dorsch was a key player for Heidenheim last season, making 27 starts and appearing in 32 of 34 games as the team was relegated from the Bundesliga. He had one assist in Bundesliga play and added a goal and an assist in two DFB-Pokal tournament games.

The 28-year-old has four goals and three assists in 118 career Bundesliga games with Heidenheim, Augsburg and Bayern Munich.

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