Reports: VfB Stuttgart buys Ito & Mavropanos – Marmoush leaves

Veteran Didavi before 3rd farewell

VfB Stuttgart is still in the relegation battle. After the 27th match day, the Swabians are in 14th place in the Bundesliga with 26 points, but have the same number of points as Hertha BSC in the relegation rank. Sports director Sven Mislintat therefore has to plan the squad for the coming season in two ways. There is a need for clarification, especially for the five professionals whose contracts with VfB expire at the end of the season.

By far the most valuable of this group is Konstantinos Mavropanos (24) with a market value of 17 million euros. The centre-back, on loan from Arsenal, will become the “image“, according to firmly committed. The deal with the “Gunners” includes a purchase obligation in the event of relegation and a purchase option should the five-time German champion have to go into the second division. In both cases, the basic fee is EUR 3 million. With five competitive goals, Mavropanos, who has already been traded at Borussia Dortmund, is the club’s top scorer this season despite his position and one of the few Stuttgart players with a positive market value development.

In the case of Hiroki Ito (22), an agreed purchase option with the regular club Júbilo Iwata, where the defensive man was originally contracted until 2023, was apparently drawn in January. According to the report, the costs for this amounted to 400,000 euros. The Japanese, who was originally announced as a reinforcement for the reserves last summer, quickly established himself as a top performer in Stuttgart and has made 24 appearances (one goal) so far.

VfB Stuttgart: Striker Marmoush will return to VfL Wolfsburg after a loan

Omar Marmoush (23) will leave the club after his loan. Wolfsburg’s sporting director Jörg Schmadtke announced the return of the centre-forward. “Omar will come back to us in the summer. His development is just good. Both the loan to St. Pauli and the one now did him good. You can see the potential he has and he uses it more often now than he did with us,” he said in the “Wolfsburger Allgemeine”.

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The ten-time Egyptian international switched to the “Wolves” in 2017 and initially played for the second team. Since the competition in the Lower Saxony attack seemed too great, Marmoush played for FC St. Pauli in the second half of the 2020/21 season, for which he was directly involved in ten goals in 21 games before moving to VfB in the summer. Although he has been missing ten games there so far due to a foot injury, his participation in the Africa Cup and a corona disease, he has three goals and four assists in 17 games. Its development over the past year is also reflected in its market value, which was EUR 750,000 just over a year ago and has since climbed to EUR 4.5 million.

Veteran Didavi before 3. Farewell to VfB Stuttgart?

According to the “Kicker”, it also looks like Daniel Didavi (32) is saying goodbye. The veteran is repeatedly plagued by injuries, so his last appearance in the Bundesliga dates from November 20, 2021. Overall, the attacking midfielder, who is one of the longest-serving players in the squad, has only played 537 minutes in 14 games in 2021/22 so far Space.

The left foot, who was devalued from 1.3 million to 700,000 euros in the last market value update due to his susceptibility to injuries and his age, could leave Stuttgart for the third time in his professional career. In 2011 he ventured the step on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg, in 2016 he decided on a permanent transfer to VfL Wolfsburg, but returned two years later.

According to the magazine, Didavi’s vaccination status could become a problem when looking for a new employer. After a corona infection in February, he is currently listed as recovered. Many club officials had publicly stated in the past few months that they only wanted to sign vaccinated professionals.

Also in limbo is the VfB future of Erik Thommy (27), whose contract also expires at the end of the season. The midfielder has never really established himself at the club since arriving in 2018, also due to injuries. He experienced his most consistent season in recent years when he was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2019/20, where he stayed fit for a whole season and only missed one game.

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