Advertising around Dejan Ljubicic is increasing – and once more the unrest around a key player at 1. FC Köln. Of all people in the promotion end sprint.
Where is Dejan Ljubicic going? The midfielder of 1st FC Köln has been bullieding from the cathedral city for two years. But now his contract expires at FC in summer, which is why the interested parties are on the 27-year-old line. The billy goats try to ignore the topic because it comes to the wrong time.
Now it is not surprising. After all, spring every year is also the wedding for rumors around players, their contracts expire and that strive for higher. Ljubicic strives back to the Bundesliga, whether with FC or without. The Austrian wants to play first -class again to recommend himself for his national team. But in turn.
In the summer of 2024, Ljubicic could have switched to England. Not in the Premier League, but in the championship, the second English league. Leed’s United wanted to sign the Austrian, but offered him a fabulous salary, but FC offered too little transfer. Because the billy goats hung in the middle of a transfer lock, it was clear that the billy goats would not let Ljubicic go.
The result: Ljubicic was kinked, had to bury the dream of England. He then ruled out an offer for an extension of the contract in Cologne. He wanted to leave all options open for the summer of 2025. Nine options are now on the table nine months later. At Union Berlin with Steffen Baumgart and Horst Heldt, he let a medical check burst this week. At Dinamo Zagreb, he should be very popular, as well as with several other Bundesliga clubs in Germany.
And also at 1. FC Köln. However, the billy goats know that they only have a chance to extend with Ljubicic should the rise. Four game days before the end, the FC is in a promising position with a five -point lead at the top of the table. But does Ljubicic want to stay in Cologne at all? He feels comfortable, but not comfortably enough to confess to FC.
“It is completely normal for rumors to arise when the contract of a player expires,” said license player director Thomas Kessler on Friday. He did not answer specific questions about Zagreb or Union Berlin, but made it clear: “We have been in an open exchange with Dejo, and not for a few days. He has clearly communicated that he sees himself in a top 5 league. This is not the 2nd Bundesliga, but the Bundesliga.”
So the interest from Zagreb should only be financially exciting, but not sporty. In terms of sport, however, Ljubicic also left a lot to be desired in the past two years, and it is currently unclear which club from the German Beletage would actually make a multi-million dollar offer for the 27-year-old. This was done at the Geißbockheim, has a contract offer with the player-in the knowledge that it could only come into play if the return to the Bundesliga Oberhaus succeeds.
At FC you hope for the earliest possible climb. In the next step, various personal details will quickly be clarified – especially the future of Dejan Ljubicic. However, it is possible that the Austrian previously regulates this himself. After all, the Austrian is considered headstrong and leap in his career planning. This has shown the past few years and various change of advisory. So the FC has to prepare to have nothing more in its own hand.