Rumor about Lukébakio
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This article was first published on August 30th and was supplemented with rumors around Dodi Lukébakio.
CEO Alexander Wehrle from VfB Stuttgart understands the criticism of coach Sebastian Hoeneß after the departure of Nick Woltemade to Newcastle United. “I totally understand the perspective from a sporting point of view,” said Wehrle at “Sky” before the Bundesliga home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
“It is clear that he would have loved to continue working with Nick – we too. But when an order of magnitude has been reached, we have an overall responsibility for the association.” The “pain limit exceeded”, emphasized, the transfer fee, which the corresponding reports are 85 million plus 5 million euros. Woltemade is therefore a new record from VfB at a large distance.
Hoeneß had expressed concerns the day before after the change of the 23 -year -old striker had emerged. “The responsibility for the sporty is primarily with the coach and I think it is not so difficult to understand that this is a bitter loss for us – especially in the assumption that it stays,” the coach said. On the match day he added: “I think I said at the PK yesterday what I thought.”
After Enzo Millot, who switched to Al-Ali to Saudi Arabia, the Swabians with Woltemade have lost a second important offensive player this summer. Successors have not yet been obliged to have been committed, among others Alexis Claude-Maurice, Brajan Gruda or Bilal El Khannouss. “I am convinced that we will also present good solutions until the end of the transfer period,” said Wehrle, who referred to it: “It is not now that we start from scratch.”
Update 4:56 p.m.: According to the transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, the Dodi Lukébakio from FC Sevilla is new on the list of VfB. According to this, the Stuttgarters asked for the 27-year-old winger, where two Premier League clubs are said to be on it. Belgier the Bundesliga already knows from his times at Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC.