U21 European Championship participants from Middlesbrough
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After a commitment from Ahmetcan Kaplan (22) failed due to Ajax Amsterdam’s transfer performances, the 1. FC Köln has identified a new desired player for the defense center. The Effzeh is working on an obligation by RAV van den Berg (21), which is still bound to FC Middlesbrough until 2027. For this, the billy goats would reach even deeper into the wallet.
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Currently the 1. FC Köln is trying to get an oral agreement with van den Berg, it says at “Sky“. The brother of the former Schalke and Mainzers Sepp van den Berg (23, Brentford) was open to a change to the Bundesliga. There the Dutch U21-European Championship participant was previously associated with VfL Wolfsburg, VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen. Sharpster competitor of the Cologne residents seems to be at the moment.
Effzeh sees a player in van Denberg who can help immediately, but also has great development potential. Therefore, the Cologne residents are already investing more transfer than with Kaplan, 6 million euros for the Ajax. According to the report, the Bundesliga promoted gave a first offer of over 7 million euros from Middlesbrough. Most recently, the 1. FC Köln paid such a high amount for Ondrej Duda (25) five years ago, only for Sebastiaan Bornauw (26) in 2019, Cologne took up more money for a defender.
Like his two -year -old brother, van Den Berg was trained at Pec Zwolle, but RAV only moved to England four years after Sepp. In the second division club Middlesbrough, the central defender, who can also be used on the right, was able to conquer a regular place straight away. 66 games (one goal) are available for Boro, its market value made a jump from 400,000 to 4.5 million euros. Last Saturday van Denberg was missing in the test game against Deportivo La Coruña (2-2) because he was released for discussions with other clubs.