Douglas Costa: Ex-Bayern player about to move to Turkey

The winter transfer phase is underway and the German clubs are in the middle of it. Clubs can sign new players until February 1, 2024.

Who will FC Bayern bring in to strengthen their defense? Will striker Serhou Guirassy stay at VfB Stuttgart? And who does Union Berlin want to shoot its way to the top with? These and many other questions will be answered this transfer winter. At t-online you can find an overview of the most important rumors and changes from Germany and the world.

Douglas Costa has apparently found a new club. The ex-Bayern star, who has been without a club since last October, is probably about to move to Samsunspor in Turkey. This is what transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reports. Costa and table 16th. the Süper Lig are on the way to reaching an oral agreement on a contract until 2026.

Costa left LA Galaxy in the fall. In the USA he played 51 competitive games in which he scored eight goals and eight assists. The Brazilian previously played for Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus Turin and FC Bayern.

Samsunspor is currently trained by former Bundesliga coach Markus Gisdol (TSG Hoffenheim, 1. FC Köln, Hamburger SV). The 54-year-old took over the club around a year and a half after leaving Lokomotiv Moscow and is tied down until the end of the season. In 14 games, Gisdol scored an average of 1.86 points with Samsunspor.

SC Freiburg has responded to the defensive failures by signing Hungarian international Attila Szalai. The 26-year-old is moving to the Breisgauers on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim until the end of the season. Both Bundesliga clubs announced this one day after Freiburg’s 3-2 win against Hoffenheim.

On Saturday, Szalai was in the squad against his new club, but did not play. Szalai’s contract in Hoffenheim runs until June 30, 2027.

Former Bundesliga professional Ivan Perišić is back at his youth club. As Croatian first division club Hajduk Split announced on Friday, Perisic will join Tottenham Hotspur on loan for the rest of the season. He last wore the split jersey in 2006 as a youth player.

After stints in France and Belgium, Perišić also played in the Bundesliga from 2011 – for Borussia Dortmund until January 2013 and then for VfL Wolfsburg until summer 2015. He then moved to Inter Milan, where he was under contract until 2022. In the 2019/20 season he went on loan to Bayern Munich and celebrated the triple there.

TSG Hoffenheim is loaning Julian Justvan to league rivals Darmstadt 98 until the end of the current season. Both clubs announced this on Friday. The offensive player’s contract with TSG runs until 2027.

“The Lilies are a courageous and strong team for a newly promoted team, I was able to see that up close in the 3-3 draw against Hoffenheim,” said Justvan. “Of course I’m hoping for a lot of playing time so that I can do my part to ensure that Darmstadt 98 manages to stay in the Bundesliga,” added the 25-year-old ex-Paderborn player.

Arturo Vidal joins his youth club Colo Colo (Chile). Several media outlets from South America report this unanimously. He should sign a two-year contract there. To return to the club where his career began 18 years ago, he is said to have turned down a significantly better offer from the Colombian club America de Cali.