Borussia Mönchengladbach is courting Werder Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug

As a Thuram replacement

Borussia Mönchengladbach offered 18 million euros in the summer of 2018 for the services of center forward Niclas Füllkrug, who was still under contract with Hannover 96 at the time. Lower Saxony, however, decided not to accept the lucrative offer from the Lower Rhine, instead declaring their top scorer of the previous season (14 goals) unsaleable. Around five years later, the “colts” are apparently making their second attempt at the top scorer in the Bundesliga, who has meanwhile become a national team player (to the statistics).

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The filling pitcher, who is still under contract with Werder Bremen until 2025, increased its market value almost to the level of 2018 over the course of the 2022/23 season. At that time, his maximum value was 15 million euros, the Hanoverian is currently valued at 13 million. Werder wants to generate 20 million euros for its offensive power, which has an impressive quota of six goals in six international matches for the DFB selection, in the event of an early sale, according to reports. This would put the attacker in second place behind the Brazilian Diego in the ranking of the most expensive Werder departures. So Borussia would have to dig deeper into their pockets than they did last time. The problem: At that time, the Bundesliga club was much more fluid than it is now.

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As the club recently announced at the general meeting, the third financial year in a row ended with a double-digit million loss. In 2022, the minus was 24.51 million with sales of 177.3 million euros (2021: 169.1 million). Gladbach has thus made a loss of around EUR 55 million since the beginning of the corona pandemic in 2020, and equity fell from EUR 103 million to EUR 46 million during this time. Although sports director Roland Virkus announced a major upheaval with a view to the summer and coach Daniel Farke is also reportedly insisting on new staff, the “foals” should avoid expensive transfers, indicated managing director Stephan Schippers.

Captain Lars Stindl (34), left-back Ramy Bensebaini (27) and attacker Marcus Thuram (25) have been confirmed as Gladbach’s departures for the summer, all free transfers after the end of the contract. Possible sales of the coveted Manu Koné and Jordan Beyer, who is loaned to Burnley with a purchase option, could bring fresh money into the club’s coffers that can be used elsewhere. The TV station “skyAccording to that, Füllkrug should be lured to Mönchengladbach as a replacement for Thuram.

Werder Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug to Mönchengladbach? skepticism in the community

The rumor is also viewed with skepticism in the TM community, not least in view of the circumstances described. “I can really only imagine a change if Füllkrug wants to complete what didn’t work five years ago. At that time (or so it was read) he wanted to move from 96 to Gladbach and the club is known for maintaining such contacts. (…) If you ignore these aspects, I see him more likely to switch to the Premier League or at least to a club that plays internationally and can afford his pension,” writes user “Fohlen79”.

User “HB1899” adds: “Of course, Gladbach is still a long way from Werder. Nevertheless, he should get more attractive offers. At Gladbach it is currently completely open where the journey will go in terms of sport.”

The offensive power, whose annual salary would drop from the rumored 2.5 million to 2 million euros from the coming season due to a clause in favor of the clammy Bundesliga club vom Osterdeich, has been associated with several clubs for a few weeks. It is likely that he will leave the Weser in the summer, although when asked about the speculation about his future, he confirmed that he could still stay there: “Why not? That’s still Werder Bremen. I’ve been playing here for four years – and I really enjoy it. I only realized that after my time with the national team.”

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