No longer a factor for VfB professionals
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According to a report from Japan, Anrie Chase is faced with RB Salzburg before the departure from VfB Stuttgart and before a late arrival at RB Salzburg. Actually, the Austrians already wanted to take the defender to the club World Cup, but the 21-year-old still laboratories on a muscle fiber tear. Now the change in July is to be made up for in the regular transfer window, as with “Sponichi“Can be read.
The Salzburg views on Chase would not have changed despite the mission of the club World Cup and previously parts of the second half of the season. For the young professional itself, it is about the chances of participating in the 2026 World Cup in North America. The Japanese are already qualified for the tournament.
If Chase wants to be there at the World Cup, he has to play. In Stuttgart, at least with the Bundesliga teams, this was hardly up for debate before his injury. After the turn of the year, Chase was only used for the second team in the 3rd division. There were still seven starting starts before the junior international suffered the injury in the adductor area. In the Bundesliga, he came to twelve missions in the first half of the season, seven from the start. A short mission this year was still grown against PSG in the Champions League in January.
In winter, VfB with Luca Jaquez (21) from FC Lucerne and Nuremberg’s Finn Jeltsch (18) committed two promising defense talents for a total of 14.5 million euros, the chase ranked. Its market value visibly suffered from this. Since the beginning of the year to winter, the Japanese had improved less than half a million to 5 million euros. In 2025 there was a devaluation of one million to EUR 3 million each.