https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/2/17420978/pro-evolution-soccer-2019-loses-borussia-dortmund-licensing

Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer has been hailed by critics and fans as a better-playing series than EA Sports’ behemoth FIFA. But licensing — real clubs, real leagues — is important to sim-quality sports titles, and Pro Evolution has much less than its rival. And Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 abruptly lost its only German club with a surprise announcement yesterday.

Borussia Dortmund’s agreement with Konami “was prematurely terminated” by the club, Konami said in a statement. The license had been expected to run through 2020. Konami didn’t list the reason why Borussia Dortmund spiked the deal. It posted the statement to advise fans that although the team had appeared in marketing shots of the game so far (above), it won’t be in the final product when that launches at the end of August.