Cost 5 million in 2023
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In the summer of 2023, VfL Wolfsburg paid 5 million euros for Cédric Zesiger. A year and a half later, the Swiss defender was loaned out within the Bundesliga. According to “Blick”, he is moving to FC Augsburg for the rest of the season.
The four-time national player shuttled between the starting eleven and the bench in his first season in Wolfsburg, but in the current one he is at a disadvantage compared to his central defender colleagues Konstantinos Koulierakis and Denis Vavro, who have a higher market value. Koulierakis is valued at 15 million euros and Vavro at 5 million euros, Zesiger is valued at 4 million euros after a devaluation in the last Bundesliga update. The 26-year-old has played eight games with 611 minutes, and he was not used eleven times.
Zesiger will be the first signing at FCA this winter; compatriot Rubén Vargas recently left the club for Sevilla FC. There are already six central defenders in the squad, but Keven Schlotterbeck is injured and Reece Oxford was last on the field in November 2022. In addition, the Fuggerstadt team has one of the weakest defenses in the league with 33 goals conceded. Only Holstein Kiel and VfL Bochum in relegation places 17 and 18 conceded more. Before the 17th matchday, the FCA is in 13th place, three points ahead of the relegation zone.