Striker Jessic Ngankam completed 90 minutes for Hertha’s U23 this season, after which he was injured. Now he’s attacking again and is Hertha’s hope Photo: City Press GmbH
By Carsten Priefer
Fast, fit, dangerous and finally fit – striker Jessic Ngankam (22) feels like Hertha’s first new signing in the relegation battle!
The attacker has been working on the Schenckendorffplatz again for a few days, taking part in team training. Ngankam can do almost all exercises and clearly has fun doing it.
He played 25 Bundesliga games, 19 of them for Hertha and six as a loan player for Fürth. Now he’s attacking again in Berlin. That’s why Hertha manager Bobic (51) says: “I hope he acts like a newcomer!” Means: carefree and courageous he should tear something in attack.
He first injured his knee during the pre-season training camp and had to have an operation. Just as he was about to return, a severe tear in his thigh put him out of action.
The time of suffering seems over.
In the test on Thursday against Braunschweig (1 p.m., Hanns-Braun-Stadion) Ngankam will not play as a precaution. However, the Hertha plan provides that the German junior international striker will be fully operational again in the training camp in Florida (from January 3rd, 2023).
And then really took off as a “newcomer” on January 21 in Bochum.