Europa League winner of 2022
With a market value of 2 million euros, Almamy Touré is the world’s most valuable central defender without a club. That could change shortly. Instead of playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, the 2022 Europa League winner could play in the German lower house of football in the future. As “Bild” reports, 1. FC Kaiserslautern has looked into signing the 27-year-old.
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It is said that there was already contact with the players’ side a few weeks ago. There is a need for defense at FCK. 23 goals have been conceded after twelve games, only three second division teams have conceded more. Boris Tomiak is also suspended for the next three matchdays and Kevin Kraus is currently suffering from a concussion. The regular central defenders Nikola Soldo and Jan Elvedi remain.
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Meanwhile, Touré could pursue the plan of getting back into the sights of higher-class clubs with strong performances in seventh place in the table. According to reports, staying with the SGE failed due to the different ideas between the club and the players when it came to salary. The Malian, who moved from AS Monaco to Hessen in January 2019 for 750,000 euros, is said to have received an annual salary of a rumored amount of 1.6 million euros. As part of an extension, he asked for an increase to around 2 million euros including bonuses. One thing is clear: With the “Red Devils” he will have to accept significant financial compromises.
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