Maybe Dortmund aren't in a very favourable condition in the league now. But even if they were at the second position in the standings they wouldn't still have been able to compete with Bayern Munich at the same level. We all know about their priorities rather than a Bundesliga championship. We have already talked about this many times here I guess. As long as the board doesn't completely change I won't be expecting any big change in Dortmund's business model. They will just continue to prioritize making a lot of profit in selling young players.
Bellingham is about to be another candidate for that by next summer you know. He will be a Real Madrid player most probably.
Dortmund was a good team but currently their performance is going bad. After Halland's departure, they could not add any player to fill Halland's place in their team. In view of which, Dortmund have some problems in attack.
Dortmund is a business inclined team, they dwell more on business than on trophies. Halland's departure was a highly lucrative gain for them. They are always lucky to get a good player at an early age but they always find it so difficult to keep them when they start making names. Now they currently don't have any other vibrant midfielder but they are already at the edge of selling out Jude Bellingham, and this will cause more arm to the team.