“Express” information
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The German U19 international Said El Mala has not yet played a single game for 1. FC Köln, because he already has a future record sale in it. Now, among other things, the Premier League attracts the offensive talent.
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According to a report by the “Express”, Brighton & Hove Albion made an offer for El Mala to the 1. FC Köln. There is talk of a double -digit millions. FC has received at least 10 million euros six times, since 2018 Anthony Modeste (37) leads the ranking of the most expensive sales with his 29 million change towards China. At Brighton, El Mala would meet two compatriots with the former Mainz Brajan Gruda (21) and coach Fabian Hürzeler. However, the “Geissblog” reports, Brighton is not the only applicant for the youngster. Accordingly, offers from clubs from home and abroad in Cologne have already arrived in the past few weeks. But it is reportedly that El Mala is currently unsalable.
FC had spent El Mala from local rival Viktoria last summer with his brother Malek (20), but both players remained a rental base with the third division team. Said cost 300,000 euros, Malek 100,000 euros. While center forward Malek was mostly only joker and the market value slightly increased to 250,000 euros, Said put on a rapid development. The left wing contributed 13 goals and five templates in 32 missions and is currently evaluated at EUR 3 million.
“Then I state that he will be the most expensive departure of the FC history. He is an exceptional player that we have committed when hardly anyone saw him,” said Cologne’s former managing director Christian Keller at the end of June. The new coach Lukas Kwasniok also raves about El Mala. “He is an incredibly good player,” said the 44-year-old recently. “We had a friendly against Viktoria Cologne with Paderborn. He turned our right -back quite a bit. I didn’t know him until then, but after that I thought: Wow, what a talent.” But: “We have to leave the church in the village with him or the cathedral in the city. He is a young player. At 18, the development was not complete. There will be different phases,” said Kwasniok. The goal is to give El Mala the space for development, “”On the other hand, we also have to protect it if necessary ”. Such a moment could already have come.