In recent years, VfB Stuttgart has had to cope with the loss of important regular players regularly. In 2023, Captain Wataru Endo made the departure, before the current season Waldemar Anton and Serhou Guirassy moved to BVB, Hiroki ito switched to FC Bayern. According to head coach Sebastian Hoeneß, one cannot rule out that other top performers go.
In the past two years, VfB Stuttgart had to compensate for the departure of numerous top performers. In conversation with the “kicker” Sebastian Hoeneß emphasized that one “had to accept it in a way”: “In addition to the sporting development, it was also about consolidating and reorganizing the association.”
Before the 2023/24 season, which the Swabians surprisingly ended as runner-up in the Bundesliga, Wataru Endo, Borna Sosa, Dinos Mavropanos and Tiago Tomas were sold. Before the current season, Waldemar Anton and Serhou Guirassy also left VfB Stuttgart. Painful losses that cannot necessarily be avoided in the future.
VfB Stuttgart does not want to let “three or four” top performers go
“I can’t say now: ‘We are no longer allowed to give a player!’ Because that will not be possible.
However, it is necessary for him to have a certain quality, according to the 42-year-old: “If you have the claim-and we should all have it-to go into a season in the medium term in the medium term to play the top 6 places, this must go hand in hand with appropriate squad reinforcements.”
Therefore, the native of Munich would not want to hand in “three or four” top performers in summer, he pushed behind with a smile.