Found offensive solution
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With only 26 goals after 19th game days, Hannover 96, despite the fifth place in the table, put the fifth -weakest offensive in the 2nd Bundesliga. It is no secret that the Lower Saxony urgently wants to strengthen themselves in attack. On Thursday evening, the 96 previous reports on a loan from Rabbi Matondo from the Glasgow Rangers confirmed. The 24 -year -old wing player already knows Germany from his time at FC Schalke 04, which in 2019 transferred 9 million euros for his services to Manchester City.
In Gelsenkirchen, however, the City’s own plant could not prevail sustainably after its change, Matondo completed 32 games for the royal blue and followed the Rangers to Stoke City and Cercle Bruges 2022 after two borrowings. 3 million euros flowed to the shortcomings that made a losing business with the attacker. Since then, the Welsh has been involved in 20 goals in 67 missions for the Scots, but in the current season he was only on the pitch for 327 minutes. After suffering a thigh injury in September, he was only used sporadically.
Matondo is still bound to Glasgow until 2026. According to the Rangers, Hanover secured a purchase option that, according to the “new press”, amounts to EUR 1.4 million. With a market value of 3 million euros, Matondo is the most valuable offensive player in Lower Saxony to Nicolò Tresoldi. With Boris Tomiak and Kenneth Schmidt, 96 previously committed only two players for the defensive in the current transfer window.
“Rabbi has received excellent football training, took his first steps in professional football at a very young age and continuously developed himself and his game in the course of his career. He brings skills with which our squad will win in variability and depth. His pace and start are certainly exceptional. He is also characterized by his dribbling, he has a good train to the goal and can also be dangerous from a distance. He is a totally positive guy who will also fit in well and quickly. In our joint conversations, he was very interested and open to our club, our goals and our idea of playing football. We are pleased that he chose 96 and are convinced that he can give our offensive game additional impulses, ”said sports director Marcus Mann.
Matondo received positive impressions from Hannover 96 by Sané
Matondo added: “In my Schalke time I had a lot of contact with Salif Sané, who told me a lot and only positive things about Hannover 96. So I knew a lot about the club before the first conversation and, while we spoke, also had this feeling that it fits very well with 96. It is a big club with an exciting team and really good conditions – if I alone The stadium is looking at. I am really looking forward to playing here. I have a great motivation to make my contribution to playing a really successful second half of the season and in the race for the top positions until the end. ”