“Best solution” in the foreground
VfB Stuttgart is calm about the transfer rumors about some of its top players and is ready to talk in the event of concrete offers. “We have always emphasized that when there are offers, we sit down with the respective player to find the best solution for VfB and the player,” said sporting director Sven Mislintat when asked about speculation about Sasa Kalajdzic (24), Borna Sosa (24 ) and Orel Mangala (24) of the “dpa” on Tuesday. “It can be a transfer, but of course it can also mean staying at VfB.”
Midfielder Mangala and full-back Sosa have contracts with the Swabians until 2024 and 2025. Kalajdzic, who has so far rejected an offer to extend his contract, is still tied to VfB until the summer of 2023. With the club being hit hard financially by the Corona crisis, all three players are considered candidates for sale after this season.
With Kimmich, Werner & Co.: The most expensive sales of VfB Stuttgart
21 – Fredi Bobic | 1999/00 for €5.75 million to BVB
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Status: Season 2021/22
20 – Matthew Sammer | 1992/93 for €6m to Inter Milan
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18 – Jurgen Klinsmann | 1989/90 for €6.5m to Inter Milan
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18 – Giovane Elber | 1997/98 for €6.5m to Bayern Munich
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17 – Kevin Kuranyi | 2005/06 for €6.9 million to Schalke 04
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16 – Bernd Leno | 2011/12 for €7.5m to Bayer Leverkusen
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15 – Joshua Kimmich | 2015/16 for €8.5m to Bayern Munich
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13 – Christian Trasch | 2011/12 for €9 million to VfL Wolfsburg
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13 – Antonio Ruediger | 2016/17 for €9m to AS Roma
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11 – Timo Baumgartl | 2019/20 for €10m to PSV Eindhoven
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11 – Santiago Ascacibar | 2019/20 for €10 million to Hertha BSC
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8 – Daniel Ginczek | 2018/19 for €14 million to VfL Wolfsburg
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8 – Filip Kostic | 2016/17 for €14m to Hamburger SV
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8 – Sami Khedira | 2010/11 for €14m to Real Madrid
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5 – Gregory Kobel | 2021/22 for €15m to Borussia Dortmund
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5 – Aleksandr Hleb | 2005/06 for €15m to Arsenal
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5 – Ozan Kabak | 2019/20 for €15m to Schalke 04
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4 – Timo Werner | 2016/17 for €22.2m to RB Leipzig
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3 – Nicolas Gonzalez | 2021/22 for €23.5m to Fiorentina
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2 – Mario Gomez | 2009/10 for €30m to Bayern Munich
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“Borna, Sasa and Orel have contracts with us beyond the summer, so there’s no reason to be nervous,” said Mislintat. “At the moment this topic is very far away anyway, our entire focus is on the current season and our goal of staying in the Bundesliga. Everything else is not important now.” After 27 match days, the Swabians are in 14th place in the table – tied with Hertha BSC in the relegation rank.
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