Competition from Croatia & Brazil
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The 1. FC Köln has already invested as much money in newcomers with 12.7 million euros as in the 2020/21 season, but the end of the flagpole has apparently not yet been reached. According to “Sky”, talks with Leo Scienza from 1. FC Heidenheim have been going on in the past few weeks. The Brazilian is said to be on the list with coach Lukas Kwasniok and sports director Thomas Kessler.
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However, it could be problematic when it comes to transfer. Scienza is still bound to Heidenheim by 2027 and the demands of the table-16. The pre -season should not be implemented at the moment. Therefore, the Effzeh had a loan including a purchase option, but they came across deaf ears at the FCH. In addition, there are competition from Dinamo Zagreb and from EC Bahia from Brazil.
Last summer, Scienza came from SSV Ulm to Heidenheim after 27 scorers for 600,000 euros and contributed six goals and eight templates in 37 missions, four of them in the relegation. He increased its market value to 3 million euros, in the current squad only five players are rated higher.
At Cologne, Jakub Kaminski has already been borrowed from VfL Wolfsburg for the offensive outer lanes. In addition, Said El Mala added a promising talent to Viktoria Cologne after the loan. Nevertheless, there is still a need on the offensive, since the departures of Damion Downs (FC Southampton) and Tim Lemperle (TSG Hoffenheim) have to be collected in the collective. The duo was responsible for 20 of the 53 league in the last year.