After Woltemade madness
Does something “crazy” still happen at 1. FC Köln?
29.08.2025 – 6:58 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.

If a player like Nick Woltemade can switch to the Premier League in a very short time for 85 million euros, everything is possible. Also at 1. FC Köln.
Actually, the 1. FC Köln has largely completed its transfer activities. Only Raphael Obermair from SC Paderborn should still be hired this summer. At least that’s how it seemed. In addition, the billy goats only wanted to give up several players.
“I am quite sure that until a day or two in Stuttgart, I have not yet known that something like that will develop,” said the FC coach. “I am excited to see how crazy the window will be with us.” The coach did not have a specific player at the FC in the back of the head. However, “experience with all clubs” shows that unexpected things could often happen shortly before goal. “That’s why I don’t know why this should be excluded here.”
Before the preparation began, there had always been rumors that Eric Martel could leave FC this summer due to his contract that expires in 2026. But the six had then almost ruled out in the training camp to change promptly. However, the billy goats know that if a wealthy association comes, everything could change again with Martel.
“It is nothing in the pipeline,” Kwasniok made it clear in order to open the door again: “But what is not can be.” What the coach ultimately meant by “crazy” he left open. Of course, neither the Obermair obligation would be to be classified, nor an departure from Imad Rondic, Jacob Christensen or Sargis Adamyan. All three FC professionals can go and have already been sorted out.
Rather, Kwasniok should refer to an immoral offer for one of his top performers on the delivery side – and on the access page may be on a player that no one has yet to have on the piece. Many FC fan still wishes to return Salih Özcan, who has little chance of operating times at Borussia Dortmund.
Ex-Kölner Yannick Gerhardt is also allowed to leave VfL Wolfsburg-his sister Anna plays for the FC women in the Bundesliga. As is well known, dreams are allowed for fans. And at the transfer market, nobody knows what’s going on in the past few days.
