It was raining cats and dogs in Dortmund on Thursday, with temperatures reaching only five degrees Celsius. The weather, however, didn’t spoil the mood for BVB coach Jürgen Klopp who, wrapped up warmly, watched the third and fourth “real” training sessions of 2015 with interest and satisfaction.

Following Tuesday‘s fitness test, the team is having two training sessions a day at the club’s training ground in Dortmund-Brackel before departing for the training camp in La Manga, Spain, on Saturday. “We have a huge schedule in front of us and we want to start the second half of the season in a good, positive mood,” said Klopp who has every reason to be in a good mood as the injury situation gradually eases up.

On Thursday, Erik Durm took part in training for the first time after recovering from a virus, while Ciro Immobile had already returned to training a day earlier. Sokratis and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have begun running again, but the best news of all is that Marco Reus has returned to full training.