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Second League sports director regrets burst transfer with the 1st FC Köln
Updated on 08.09.2025 – 7:14 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
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Monday, September 8, 2025
The 1. FC Köln would have liked to hire Raphael Obermair, but SC Paderborn did not want to hand over the polyvalent outer runner. SCP sports director Sebastian Lange (37) now told the “New Westphalian”: “For him personally, I’m sorry.” But Paderborn couldn’t have acted otherwise.
The SC Paderborn had not deviated from its claim (2.7 million euros) in the transfer window, especially when central defender Marcel Hoffmeier tore the cruciate ligament. “As a result, we were even under pressure to sign a player,” said Lange. So at the end of the deal with the FC did not come about.
Saturday, September 6th, 2025
Sargis Adamyan was the only one to have not found a new club that sorted out this summer. A possible change to VfL Osnabrück had smashed due to the financial claims of the 32-year-old. After that, there was “nothing concrete”, as the technical director Lukas Berg now explained to the “Geissblog”.
Accordingly, the attacker will continue to keep fit with the U21 of the billy goats, but has not yet been used in competitive games. “Sargis is further here, continues to train with the U21. And he does that, you have to say that well and professional. This is also a decisive factor for us,” said Berg. During the transfer period, those responsible had put a stop at the regional league. However, this could change.
“If everything has calmed down, we’ll rate it again. I would not rule it out,” said Berg about Adamyan’s possible competitive return, but also restricted: “In principle, it does not fit into the concept with our young players that older players block the places. That would have to fit and be sensible.” A first note: In the test game of the U21 last Thursday against Siegburger SV (4-0), Adamyan had confessed to FC’s starting eleven.