Korell: Borussia Mönchengladbach will “sell without” an equivalent replacement

Korell announces “great upheaval”.

Squad planner and chief scout Steffen Korell expects the quality of the squad to decline at Borussia Mönchengladbach. “The big upheaval is imminent, but with significantly fewer financial opportunities than in recent years,” said the 50-year-old in a report for the magazine “11Freunde”. “We will sell without being able to replace them with an equal value.” In the summer of 2023, the contracts of at least eight professionals with regular place ambitions will end with the Bundesliga club.

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Borussia had not made the hoped-for transfers last summer due to the corona, and the planned contract extensions with top performers failed. In winter, midfielder Denis Zakaria (25) switched to Juventus Turin six months before his contract expired for 8.6 million euros – almost 20 million euros below his current market value. National defender Matthias Ginter (28) will even leave the “foals”, who are in a disappointing 13th place under coach Adi Hütter, who was hired from Frankfurt for 7.5 million euros before the season, after the season even free of charge.

In 2021, the club would have liked to generate necessary revenue from player sales, as in the case of Marcus Thuram (24, courted by Inter Milan), while only minor squad corrections had been made a year earlier. “In the summer of 2020, top performers didn’t want to leave either, because the feeling prevailed here: maybe more is possible,” said Korell. At the end of that season there was fourth place in the Champions League. According to midfielder Christoph Kramer (31), the increased expectations and internal demands of the club led to the sporting decline.

“Formulating title ambitions always sounds great, but that doesn’t do a team any good. We were the underdog for many years. And there is nothing better than winning games from this role. Due to the increased ambitions, we are now going into the game against many teams as the felt favourites. That can also inhibit,” the world champion is quoted as saying. In the market value ranking of the Bundesliga, the Gladbach squad occupies sixth place.

The prematurely announced farewell to coach Marco Rose in the direction of BVB had particularly shaken long-time manager Max Eberl, according to the report. He felt betrayed by the coach, it was said from his environment. “The development that we initiated with Marco was abruptly interrupted by his departure in spring 2021,” said Korell. The burned-out sports director Eberl left the club at the end of January 2022 after a total of 23 years – he was followed by the internal solution Roland Virkus, previously youth coordinator since 2008.

Gladbach’s squad 2022/23: strike candidates, supports and new hope

The upheaval announced by squad planner Korell regardless of league affiliation will be replaced by a “Image” report underpins. Thuram, Alassane Plea (29), Breel Embolo (25) and Ramy Bensebaini (26, each with a contract until 2023) have no future and are to be sold to generate another transfer fee. Behind the regular keeper Yann Sommer (33), Gladbach is planning to build up Moritz Nicolas (24, currently on loan to Viktoria Köln) as No. 2 with prospects.

The veterans Kramer (31) and Lars Stindl (33) are intended as pillars in midfield, while homegrown players Conor Noß (21), Rocco Reitz (19, loaned to VV St. Truiden) and Torben Müsel (22, loaned to KAS Eupen). ) should experience their breakthrough next to them if possible. The club is hoping for an extension for national player Jonas Hofmann (29, tied until 2023). In attack, Hannes Wolf (22), who was loaned to Swansea City until the end of the season, will probably get a new and last chance.

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