Dortmund's goal is to buy more and more young players and earn money from selling these players and that's their first priority otherwise they could keep the superstar player they had before.
Also, I think Dortmund is a great player supplier for Bayern Munich and there are many players from Dortmund who left this team for Bayern Munich because Dortmund could earn a good amount of money.
That's right, Dormunt maintains its existence as an elite Bundesliga club by transferring young players and releasing them with star player status. Dortmund doesn't seem to care even if they have to let them go to eternal rival club Bayern Munchen, they only care about the highest offer. However, on the other hand, Dortmund can be said to have always been successful in this way, and is always able to compete closely with Munchen in the standings every season. Maybe I have already said it, the transfer policy of the two clubs from another perspective, provides indirect benefits for the German national team, we know that these two clubs send more players to strengthen the German squad than other clubs in Europe. In terms of chemistry, a culture of play and adaptation has been formed at club level, so that they appear more solid when playing at national team level.
Dortmund still remains a good contender in the bundesliga as they have proven this over the years and they always will be, the quality of players they produce and that which they have in their teams already shows they are definitely top notch in the league, if not for the recent strength of Leverkusen, Dortmund has always been the best rival to Munich in the bundesliga always.
But certainly there's still much more time and Dortmund will show their matching contending ability again, most probably before the season ends, usually they are not aimed at getting the league title but then I think they always meet their aim of producing good Young brilliant players and finishing well enough in the league there by still maintaining their relevance at all times in the bundesliga.
One thing about Dortmund that gets me to believe in them is the level of consistency they usually maintain whenever they happen to start with good performance again, and am sure we will soon see that in the bundesliga. They are definitely going to get back a good top spot on the table regardless of the recent strong competition in the bundesliga.