Despite extension
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As a real partner to “gain a foothold” in the Bundesliga, U19 national player Said el Mala identified 1. FC Köln. This was announced on Saturday as part of the extension of the 18-year-old foreign striker and his brother Malek El Mala (20) until 2030. It is not yet certain that El Mala does not still sign for a large transfer for another club this summer – Brighton & Hove Albion has not yet given up hope of an obligation. The Seagulls are ready to put a transfer on the table for the native Krefeld as Lukas Podolski brought 13 years ago.
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Transfer market can be a report by the “Cologne Rundschau“Confirm that Brighton would like to increase his original millions of times to 15 million euros. In a sale, Cologne would also receive a 20 percent resale clause and El Mala would play in the Bundesliga year 2025/26 with a complete cost by the Premier League club for the team of the new coach Lukas Kwasniok. From Brighton’s point With no sporting loss at the same time.
Geißbock-Legende Podolski also went to England, FC Arsenal, for 15 million euros in 2012. At that time he had long since been out of the talent age. For the same amount, Jhon Córdoba 2020/21 went to Hertha BSC. The record from Cologne has been Anthony Modeste since 2018/19, for which the then Chinese club Tianjin Tianhai paid 29 million euros.
1. FC Köln blocks all inquiries for Said el Mala
It is still open whether the FC accepts the offer – so far, sports director Thomas Kessler has blocked every avance from southern England. The VfB Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt, who were also interested, failed with 3 million euros, withdrew their interest due to the high demands. After his strong third division season, El Mala was upgraded to this sum at Viktoria Köln, which was well deserved with a transfer with 10 percent of the transfer. After that, the attacker played an outstanding U19 European Championship with four goals and three templates in four games with the strong right foot and also caused a stir in FC preparation. He is seen as a raw diamond in the cathedral city.
The pain limit of the Cologne residents should therefore be located in double areas. However, Brighton, reportedly, puts pressure on: In a year, the offer should no longer exist in the form if El Mala does not receive regular playing time – with Linton Maina (26) or Jakub Kaminski (23) Left and Florian Kainz (32) on the ten he has well -known competition – or FC descends again. Kessler and Cologne have to ask themselves whether it is now the better choice for further reinforcements in the fight for relegation than to speculate on even larger sums in a year.
A comparison for the scope of the potential transfer: The most expensive sale of a third division professional so far was that of Hendry Blank (20) from Dortmund II to Red Bull Salzburg for 4 million euros 2023/24. In the age group up to the age of 18, Assan Ouédraogo (19) has been the most expensive when he switched from Schalke 04 to RB Leipzig a year ago for EUR 10 million. Karim Adeyemi (23) stands in front of him in the statistics with EUR 10.1 million due to the share of resale that Unterhaching had.
El Mala herself said in the training camp in the Austrian Bad Waltersdorf at “Radio Cologne” about the hype about his person: “I actually deal with it relatively easily. That doesn’t matter to me. Of course it is happy when other clubs are interested or you are more fans and you are more in the media.” He believes that at 18 years it is important to remain “clear” in the head. “I think that’s me. I don’t imagine anything because I plan a lot in the coming season.”
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It is almost certain that El Mala will implement his project in Cologne in 2025/26. The only question remains is the question of which association he will then be under contract – and how long Brighton receives the offer.