The defender has confirmed on his Facebook page that he actively looking to join a new club this summer, putting an end to an eight-year stay at the Bundesliga outfit

Borussia Dortmund centre-back Neven Subotic has announced that he is looking to leave the club this summer.Subotic has fallen down the pecking order at Dortmund over the last two seasons due to injury, making just six Bundesliga appearances in 2015/16.And the 27-year-old has now took to his Facebook page to publicly state he is actively looking to find a new club before the start of the new season, bringing to an end an eight-year spell with BVB.Subotic wrote: “Dear friends, during the last year I realised that my love for the game of football in an active role is too big to just be able to see it from outside. Football is an important part of my life. I love it and I can't be without it.“I am in the best age for a football player and I want to use my time to improve myself and my team every day. And I want to have the feeling I am needed and I can give everything for my club. That is what I am thinking about.“I do not want to earn my money on the bench, but to be a active part of the history like I was until last year. I hope you can understand that.

“Borussia Dortmund is the club of my heart and it will always be. Yours, Neven”

Subotic had been strongly linked with a January move to Liverpool to reunite with former Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, but a move never materialised.Liverpool have since signed defender Joel Matip on a free transfer from Schalke, meaning Subotic may have to look elsewhere if he habours an ambition to ply his trade in the Premier League.Klopp brought Subotic with him to Dortmund from Mainz in 2008 and the defender has since gone on to make over 250 appearances for BVB in all competitions.Subotic helped Dortmund win back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, as well as the DFB-Pokal in 2012 and two DFL-Supercups in 2013 and 2014.