Also this winter, the clubs are trying to be well prepared for the second half of the season. You can find out who is still changing clubs in the t-online transfer blog.
Whether in England, Spain or Germany: The clubs of the best leagues in the world are looking around the transfer market and looking for new players.
Some teams are looking for reinforcements in the fight for international places, while others want nothing more than to avoid relegation.
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Mölders finds a new club
Sascha Mölders is playing assistant coach in the regional league. The SG Sonnenhof Großaspach announced the commitment of the 36-year-old on Friday. Hans-Jürgen Boysen is the new head coach at the Swabians. The duo received contracts until the end of the season, should lead their first training next Monday and keep the club in the league.
Mölders last played for third division club TSV 1860 Munich. Shortly before Christmas, the Lions and the cult striker agreed on an immediate cancellation of the contract that originally ran until the end of the season. The former captain of the Munich team had previously been released from training. Coach Michael Köllner justified this with no longer satisfactory performances of the ex-Augsburgers.
“I’m still very motivated as a player and of course I would like to help the SG directly on the pitch. At the same time, I want to continue to grow off the pitch in a responsible role as a coach and can learn from Hans-Jürgen here – so I’m happy also huge on the task here at the village club, “said Mölders.
Former Bayern star Coutinho moves to Aston Villa
Aston Villa has strengthened itself with the former Bayern star Philippe Coutinho. The Premier League club from Birmingham officially announced this. The Brazilian, who played on loan from the German record champions in the 2019/2020 season, will only stay in the squad of the 1982 European Cup winners until the end of the season. After that, his loan contract ends and he has to return to his home club, FC Barcelona. With the Catalans, Coutinho still has a contract dated until summer 2023.
Bochum grabs Premier League striker
VfL Bochum has also increased its staff again. Center forward Jürgen Locadia changes from the English first division club Brighton & Hove Albion to the promoted team and signed a contract until the end of the current season. VfL announced this on Thursday.
Locadia (28) from the Netherlands had already played in the Bundesliga in the 2019/20 season, when he was loaned to TSG Hoffenheim. During his time at TSG, Locadia scored four goals in eleven games.
Bochum will face VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday. You can follow the game on t-online in the live ticker.
Piatek before leaving Berlin
According to media reports, Krzysztof Piatek is about to leave Hertha BSC and return to Italy. According to the “Gazzetta dello Sport” and the broadcaster Sky Sport Italia, the attacker should complete the necessary medical check this Thursday at AC Florence. He should initially return to Serie A on loan with a purchase option of 15 million euros. Hertha, Florence and the professional should agree.
Krzysztof Piatek will soon be hunting for goals in Italy. (Source: Matthias Koch / imago images)
Two years ago, Piatek moved to the German capital under the then Hertha coach Jürgen Klinsmann. The Berliners paid 24 million euros to AC Milan for the 26-year-old Polish striker. At the beginning of this season, the center forward was initially out due to an ankle fracture, and recently he was unable to get beyond a substitute role. His contract with Hertha should be valid until the end of June 2025.
Trippier reportedly before returning to England
Kieran Trippier is reportedly leaving the Spanish champions Atlético Madrid and returning to England “for family reasons”. The 31-year-old England international will move to Newcastle United, reported the specialist newspaper “AS” and other Spanish media, citing Atlético circles.
The capital club tried unsuccessfully to persuade the right full-back to stay in Madrid, it said. Trippier made it big at home at Tottenham Hotspur before moving to Atlético in Spain in the summer of 2019.
The transfer will be officially announced in the next few days, wrote “AS”. Newcastle will transfer almost 15 million euros to Madrid. I feel at home in Trippier in Madrid and I also know that the Spanish club is stronger than Newcastle. The problem is that his wife and two children live in England and after two and a half years he no longer wants to be away from the family. The Spanish club are already looking for a replacement.
Record sum: Augsburg brings US talent for 17 million euros
FC Augsburg has reportedly spent the club’s record sum of around 17 million euros and signed the storm jewel Ricardo Pepi from FC Dallas. The 18-year-old, who is said to have been courted by Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, among others, signed until 2026 plus an option for another year. He started training on Monday.
Most expensive purchase in the club’s history: Augsburg’s new entry Ricardo Pepi (left) with managing director Stefan Reuter. (Source: kolbert-press / imago images)
Pepi has scored three goals and prepared three more in seven caps for the United States. For Dallas, the highly talented teenager was 13 times successful in 31 games last season. According to the US media, the fee will be around $ 20 million.
The FCA now apparently paid more for Pepi than for his previous record transfer Martin Hinteregger (10.5 million euros).
Cuisance leaves FC Bayern
The misunderstanding between Michael Cuisance and Bayern Munich has ended after two and a half unsatisfactory years. The record champions have given the midfielder to the Italian Serie A. You can read all information about the transfer here.
Bochum sells strikers to Cyprus
Bundesliga club VfL Bochum surrenders attacker Soma Novothny (27) to 13-time Cypriot champions Anorthosis Famagusta with immediate effect. The Hungarian professional, whose contract would have expired on June 30, played 21 competitive games for the newly promoted team.
This season he was used six times and contributed one goal to the 2-0 victory over TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Bayern talent moves to Dresden
Second division Dynamo Dresden has strengthened itself with a player from Bayern Munich. The Saxons announced the change of Oliver Batista Meier on Monday. The 20-year-old German-Brazilian signed a long-term contract until 2025. On May 30, 2020, Batista Meier celebrated his Bundesliga debut for Bayern under today’s national coach Hansi Flick. In the current season he played 24 times in the regional league team of the German record champions.
In addition, the black and yellow confirmed the six-month loan of the Czech center forward Vaclav Drchal, who comes from AC Sparta Prague.
“Lilien” bring regional league talent
Second division Darmstadt 98 has strengthened itself with winger Andre Leipold from regional division Wacker Burghausen. The 20-year-old signed a contract until June 2025. The second in the table sees Leipold’s obligation in perspective, the young attacker should not yet play a role in the upcoming fight for promotion to the Bundesliga.
Olympic driver Teuchert moves to the 2nd Bundesliga
Second division Hannover 96 presented striker Cedric Teuchert as their first winter entry. The 24-year-old is moving from Bundesliga club Union Berlin to Lower Saxony and signed a contract until 2024.
Cedric Teuchert: The Unioner move to Hannover 96. (Source: Jan Huebner / imago images)
Teuchert was already on loan for the Hanoverians in the 2019/2020 season, after which he joined Union. After a year and a half, the return follows. “I’m really happy that it worked out and I’m back. When the option arose to play for 96 again, it was clear to me that I really wanted to do it,” said Teuchert.
Florent Muslija, on the other hand, will leave the 96s. The midfielder is transferring to league rivals SC Paderborn on a free transfer. The 23-year-old Kosovar international received a contract with East Westphalia until 2023.
Czichos leaves 1. FC Cologne
Defensive boss Rafael Czichos is moving from 1. FC Köln to Chicago Fire in the USA. The Bundesliga club announced this on Sunday and confirmed corresponding media reports. First the “Bild” newspaper reported on the personnel. “When the offer came from the USA, I decided together with my family to fulfill a dream and to move to the USA for the next three years,” the 31-year-old vice-captain was quoted as saying.
The upcoming season in Major League Soccer starts at the end of February. Czichos, who still has a contract until the summer of 2022, has played for FC since 2018 and made 111 competitive games for the club.
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