Knee surgery instead of change
“There weren’t as many offers for any other player – we had over 20 offers,” said Christian Keller, sporting director at 1. FC Köln, on Friday about striker Sebastian Andersson’s situation. FC would have liked to have handed the Swede over in the summer transfer window, but the 31-year-old declined any request after a move to Brondby IF failed due to a medical check. At the same time, Andersson was diagnosed with a meniscus injury – according to Keller, this was known and “didn’t handicap” the player. Compared to the “Photobolls channelsAndersson denied this, and also defended himself against reports that a change had failed due to high salary demands.
“It was frustrating to be silent for so long. So much crap has been written that isn’t true and it pisses me off. It wasn’t about my salary demands. That hurt me,” said the striker, who moved from Union Berlin to Cologne in 2020 for 6.5 million euros and is still under contract there until 2023. About the injury, Andersson said it “should have been fixed a long time ago. Brondby’s doctors said so. The doctors in Cologne knew about my injury. They did an MRI when I signed in Cologne, but they felt there was nothing I could do about it.”
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As a result, he trained and played in pain for two years: “The first year in particular was an absolute disaster in terms of pain.” That’s why, according to the advice of the medical department of the Danish first division club, he has now decided to have the surgery decided, which was carried out according to the Cologne on Friday. “There was talk that I could have an operation in the winter. But in the end we decided it was best to do it now. I don’t want to walk around with an injury if I’ve had it for so long,” said the nine-time international. “It’s true that there were a few offers, but in almost all cases it fell through because my meniscus had to be repaired first and that’s what’s happened now.”
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1. FC Kölns Keller about Andersson: “We supported this decision”
Cologne’s sports director Keller made another statement on the case on Sunday, saying: “In the end, after weighing all perspectives and in a trusting, open exchange with us, he decided against a change in order to have an operation on his knee instead. which has been known to cause problems for him for a long time. We supported this decision and respect it equally. What has been rumored beyond that is not expedient. The focus should therefore be on what is most important now: a good and speedy recovery for Sebastian. We will support him as best we can.”
Before that, Andersson was told that he probably wouldn’t get a lot of match practice. In 2021/22 he appeared in 26 Bundesliga games, scoring three goals and providing one assist. In the line-ups of trainer Steffen Baumgart, he often oscillated between the starting XI and the use of jokers. With Sargis Adamyan (29), Steffen Tigges (24) and Florian Dietz (24), who has been raised from the second team, the competition on the “nine” at FC is much greater this season – even if Anthony Modeste (34) is no longer there is. Andersson believes that he will now be out for between four and ten weeks – after which he would like to be back on the pitch for the billy goats: “It has been a rollercoaster ride. I want to play in Cologne once I’m healthy. It would be nice if I could do that when I get back.”
#effzehstriker Sebastian Andersson underwent successful knee surgery last Friday. The surgery went according to plan. After a few days of rest, the 31-year-old will start his rehabilitation program. Get well soon Seb! https://t.co/mydDGhwhfO
— 1. FC Cologne (@fckoeln) September 4, 2022
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