Japan midfielder Kagawa returns to Dortmund


Japan's Shinji Kagawa (L) fights for the ball with Greece's Giorgos Karagounis during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Dunas arena in Natal June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

BERLIN (Reuters) - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa returned to Borussia Dortmund on Sunday, signing a four-year contract with last season's Bundesliga runners-up after two disappointing years at Manchester United.

A Dortmund crowd favourite during his 2010-12 stint at the Ruhr valley club, he helped them to win consecutive German league titles in 2011 and 2012 as well as the 2012 German Cup.

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