Since the beginning of March, midfielder Marcel Sobottka has played at Fortuna Düsseldorf, initially due to corona and then only sporadically due to a bruised rib. Nevertheless, the captain is one of the regular staff in his seventh year with the Rhinelanders and his performances were instrumental in the positive series under Daniel Thioune and the early relegation. Like the TV station sky reports, the performance of the 28-year-old has aroused the interest of two league competitors.
Accordingly, Sobottka’s ex-club FC Schalke 04 and SV Werder Bremen are interested in a possible commitment of the right foot, who will be free in the summer. Both teams are fighting for promotion to the Bundesliga on the last two matchdays – both could benefit from Fortuna’s victories against promotion competition from Darmstadt (33rd matchday) and St. Pauli (34th matchday). Sobottka, who was born in Gelsenkirchen, is a royal blue homegrown and switched to Düsseldorf in the summer of 2015 for a fee of 200,000 euros. Since then he has played 174 competitive games (14 goals, 11 assists). For the “Knappen”, however, a return of the former protégé will only be an issue if the promotion is successful.
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From Bremen’s head of professional football Clemens Fritz, Sobottka is the “pictureAccording to the newspaper, it has been observed several times in the past few weeks, but there have not yet been any concrete negotiations. With Jean Manuel Mbom, Ilia Gruev, Nicolai Rapp, Christian Groß as well as loan returnee Yannik Engelhardt and new signing Dikeni Salifou, Werder now has a variety of options in central midfield in the coming season. According to information from the newspaper, Sobottka’s future could be clarified as early as the weekend, and an extension in Düsseldorf cannot be ruled out.
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