Dortmund’s Zidan planning early party

Borussia Dortmund striker Mohamed Zidan believes the Westphalians could have the Bundesliga title wrapped up as soon as February.

Dortmund currently lead second-placed Mainz by 10 points at the midway stage of the season while defending champions Bayern Munich are a further four points adrift.

Zidan, who missed much of the first half of the season due to injury, believes the first Bundesliga title since 2002 is now within touching distance for Dortmund.

“I think that the title will be decided in February already,” he told the Bild newspaper.

“If we get at least 10 points from our first five matches then there will be no more taking it away from us.

“This chance comes around for us once a decade, not like Bayern who challenge for the title every year.”

The 29-year-old is the first Dortmund player to openly talk about their title chances this season with the rest of his team-mates and coach Jurgen Klopp adopting a game-by-game approach.

Nevertheless, the club have broken numerous records so far this season and have never been so well poised to win the title.

They start 2011 with a trip to third-placed Bayer Leverkusen on January 14 and a victory there would be a huge leap towards glory.