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New addition to the medical check: Here the new FC striker arrives here
Updated on July 31, 2025 – 3:37 p.m.Reading time: 33 min.
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Thursday, July 31, 2025
The 1. FC Köln is about Marius Bülter’s commitment. Already on Wednesday evening, coach Lukas Kwasniok had made no secret of the great interest of the Bundesliga promoted in the striker. On Thursday morning, the 32-year-old finally completed the mandatory medical check in the MediaPark Clinic.
Afterwards, Bülter went to the Geißbockheim for the contract signature. The striker, who is moving from TSG Hoffenheim to Cologne for almost one million euros, is to receive a contract with the option for another season by the summer of 2027. On Friday, the seventh FC newcomer should be on the training ground for the first time with its new teammates.
Third team for the board election approved
The members of the 1. FC Köln have the election between three board teams at the general meeting on September 27, 2025. The trio Dr. Sven-Georg Adenauer, Thorsten Kiesewetter and Martin Hollweck were able to collect the necessary 4,589 supporter signatures that entitle them to list. Before that, the team around entrepreneur Wilke Stroman had already succeeded. The member council, in turn, had nominated a trio around real estate manager Jörn Stobbe.
Politician Adenauer now says in a message on the FC homepage: “Over 5,000 members have given us their trust-this is more than a start signal. We are very proud of this result and thank all of the supporters. We accept this mandate with determination and are now looking forward to a fair election campaign.”
The 1. FC Köln is said to be interested in Derrick Köhn from Galatasaray Istanbul. This reports “Sky”. According to this, the Bundesliga promoter is said to have already made an offer for the left-back. The 26-year-old had been loaned to Werder Bremen last season. Actually, the Bremerers wanted to commit the player, but were not ready to pull the purchase option of 5.1 million euros.
Instead, Werder offered 3.5 million euros, but Istanbul refused. Accordingly, the FC would have to offer significantly more for the services of the native of Hamburg. At FC, Köhn would close an still open squad gap, currently only Learst Pacarada is available as a left-back. At almost 36 km/h, the player would also fit into the Cologne -based requirements profile as a left rail player.
FC negotiates with Hoffenheim: Is this striker on the way?
The 1. FC Köln has targeted a striker of TSG Hoffenheim on the transfer market. The billy goats negotiate matching media reports with Marius Bülter about a transfer to the cathedral city. The 32-year-old is no longer the first choice at TSG. His contract expires in the summer of 2026.
Bülter can be used variably in the attack. In addition to Ragnar Ache and Imad Rondic, the billy goats are looking for another attacker who can play centrally at the top. Bülter is considered faster, strong striker. FC should be largely agreed with the player. Hoffenheim’s return is still open.
The 1. FC Köln is said to have inquired about the Union of Berlin’s Danilho Doekhi, the Italian sports journalist Rudy Galetti reports on the intelligence service X. The head of the Iron Defense chief is still under contract until summer 2026 and, according to “Berliner Kurier”, is said to have an exit clause in the amount of nine million euros.
But the rumor lets it: On the one hand, the “billy goats” search for a central defender with a strong left foot – Doekhi is right. On the other hand, the 27-year-old was recently associated with Feyenoord from his hometown Rotterdam, here the Champions League is waving. Interested parties for Doekhi should also be available from Italy with the CFC Genoa and FC Turin.