Hansa Rostock: Greuther Fürth brings in Körber – HSV keeper Johannson comes

Goalkeeper castling in the 2nd league

SpVgg Greuther Fürth reacts to the impending departure of substitute goalkeeper Andreas Linde and signs Hansa Rostock’s number two Nils-Jonathan Körber. The Berliner, who trained at Hertha BSC, will be replaced at the “Kogge” by HSV keeper Marko Johansson, who is moving from Hamburg to the Baltic Sea on loan.

At the “Kleeblatt” head coach Alexander Zorniger stated that sports director Rachid Azzouzi had found with Körber “not only a quick but also a good solution (for the successor to Linde, editor), which is not that easy in our situation “After all, Jonas Urbig is having a really good season.” The new substitute accepted the situation, emphasized the coach. In Rostock, Körber made two second division appearances after he had already stood between the posts for loan club VfL Osnabrück in the lower house. The Middle Franconians will have to regroup in the goalkeeper position after the season, when regular goalkeeper Urbig returns to 1. FC Köln. Körber could position himself for this early on. His contract in Fürth runs until 2026.

At Hansa, which reportedly received around 150,000 euros for Körber’s departure, sports director Kristian Walter said: “Greuther Fürth asked last week whether FC Hansa and Nils could imagine a change. After ‘Körbi’ explained that he would like to take advantage of this opportunity, we agreed on a transfer fee and at the same time started looking for an equivalent replacement.” The 25-year-old Johansson was from Malmö in 2021 for a good half a million euros moved to Hamburg, where he played seven times in the second division. After a loan to VfL Bochum, the Swede was recently back in goal on loan at Halmstads BK. His contract with HSV runs for another year after the loan ends in the summer.

Meanwhile, the person who triggered this goalkeeper castling in the first place could also move back to Sweden. Recent reports linked Linde, who lost his regular place in Fürth to Urbig, with BK Häcken from Gothenburg. The 30-year-old keeper is expected to compete with 35-year-old Peter Abrahamsson for the cup winner and third-placed team from the past Allsvenskan season. The season starts in Sweden on March 31st. Fürth could still achieve a small transfer fee, although the contract at Rednitz is only dated until next June.

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