Loan with a purchase option
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The 1.FC Köln has made the third transfer for the coming season perfect. Jakub Kaminski comes to Effzeh on loan from VfL Wolfsburg, which has secured a purchase option for the Polish international. The commitment of Tom Krauss will then follow on Saturday.
Kaminski has a mixed season in Wolfsburg. After he was put on the left at the beginning, since Joakim Maehle laboratored to an injury, he hardly got beyond the joker role after returning. In the end, there were three templates for the variable wing player in 22 games. The wolves signed Kaminski in 2022 for EUR 10 million from Lech Poznan, and since then its market value halved to 5 million euros.
Now we continue to Cologne, where the offensive was not one of the great strengths last season despite the second division championship. Only 53 goals were scored in 34 games, nine other clubs came up with a better yield. In addition to Tim Lemperle, which it moved to TSG Hoffenheim free of charge, Damion Downs is expected to leave the club. With Ragnar Ache (for € 4.5 million from 1.FC Kaiserslautern), the storm center has already been added, with Kaminski there is now an option on the wings. According to “Geissblog”, the amount of the purchase option at the end of the season is less than 3 million euros, the “Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung” had previously had from EUR 7 million. reported.
“With JAKUB we gain a player who, despite his young age, already has valuable Bundesliga experience and has demonstrated his qualities there. He brings speed, good football skills and a high level of assertiveness, especially in the last third. With his dynamics and determination, he gives our offensive game new impulses and fits our way with his ambitious way. At the same time, the team can help.