After seven years
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Alassane Pléa’s Gladbach party is confirmed. After seven years at Borussia, the striker joins the Dutch champion PSV Eindhoven. There the 32-year-old Frenchman meets ex-Bundesliga coach Peter Bosz, under which Pléa has not yet played, which he obviously appreciates: “I only heard good things about the club and also know the trainer: Mr. Bosz. I like his philosophy and his playing style. And that he speaks French. PSV announcement.
For VfL it is the first transfer income this summer. According to reports, 3 million euros go directly to the Rhinelander. Another million should be able to add possible bonus payments. The market value had almost only been down for Pléa in the past five years. Of 35 million euros from autumn 2020, 5 million euros are still left today. His contract also only ran until 2026, which on the one hand limited the future income opportunities of Borussia. On the other hand, according to managing director Roland Virkus, they also wanted to accommodate the deserved player.
“With the desire to take a new sporting challenge and being able to sign a long -term contract again,” Virkus explained the sale. “We have fulfilled this wish. We would like to thank Lasso for seven years at Borussia with outstanding achievements and many important goals.”
Gladbach’s record shopping Pléa had seven great years
Pléa said to say goodbye to the Borussia homepage: “I look back on seven great years with this great club that I have learned. It was always an honor for me to wear the jersey with the diamond. I would like to thank all borussia for this incredibly beautiful chapter in my career and will always wear this club in my heart.”
Pléa was one of the longest -serving players at Borussia, only Tobias Sippel, Nivo Elvedi, Moritz Nicolas and Florian Neuhaus came from the current squad even earlier. In July 2018, Pléa came from the OGC Nice for 23 million euros and thus set an internal shopping record that still applies today. Among the foreign top scorers in Gladbach’s history, it is in third place.
