The FC had just hired Van Denberg for a base revenue of eight million euros from England. Including bonuses, the 21-year-old becomes the third-tax FC transfer in the club’s history. An investment that should initially pay off in the Bundesliga and later in the resale of the defense lawyer.
“We have not made a transfer of such a size at FC for a long time,” said Lukas Berg, the technical director of the promoted team, most recently in an interview with the Geissblog. This “significant investment” was not only a bet on an even higher transfer fee in the future, “but because the transfer is maximally important for us”. Against SC Freiburg, van den Berg was able to celebrate a strong Bundesliga debut (100 percent duel rate). Now the next award was followed with the appointment as captain of the Dutch U21.
Third cruciate ligament rupture: injury drama at 1. FC Köln
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Injury drama at 1st FC Köln: Luca Kilian suffered a cruciate ligament rupture for the third time in training in training for the third time in just a year and a half. This was confirmed by the billy goats after the MRI examination on Tuesday. As early as March 2024 and December 2024, the central defender had suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the same knee. How long the 26-year-old will fail is completely open.
“Luca’s renewed cruciate ligament injury. It is incredibly bitter that he is now confronted with such a serious injury for the third time,” said FC sports director Thomas Kessler in a first statement by the club: “As a FC family, we will accompany him, give him the best possible support and ensure that he finds the necessary strength to master this again. Is a fighter – he has already demonstrated this in the past.
Monday, September 8, 2025