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Also arch rival: several offers for injured strikers
Updated on March 27, 2025 – 4:21 p.m.Reading time: 41 min.
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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Linton Maina is missing from 1. FC Köln for several weeks due to an ankle injury. Despite the long failure, the interested parties from the Bundesliga still seem to be in line for the attacker. No wonder, after all, Maina with ten templates and three goals is still one of the absolute top scorers at the promotion candidate and also free of charge in summer.
As early as spring, SV Werder Bremen and FC Augsburg were traded as possible interested parties for the fast winger. As the “Sportbild” now reports, the 1st FSV Mainz 05, Hamburger SV and even FC Erzrival Borussia Mönchengladbach are said to have expressed their interest.
However, Maina himself had already sounded through that an extension at 1. FC Köln was able to imagine. However, only on the condition that the direct return to the Bundesliga succeeds. A decision regarding its future should therefore be a few more weeks. However, he shouldn’t lack options in summer.
The sporty, poor appearances for the players of 1. FC Köln also affected with a view to their personal market value. Only three professionals were given the recent adaptation of the portal transfermarkt.de with an upgrading. Damion Downs made the biggest jump. The striker was raised from three million euros to five million euros and is therefore one of the second most valuable players in the FC squad behind Eric Martel (six million).
In addition, Imad Rondic (from 850,000 to 1.8 million) and Youngster Neo Telle (from 75,000 to 450,000) were given. Meanwhile, Anthony Racioppi (minus 0.5 million), Luca Kilian (minus 300,000), Jan Thielmann, Jusuf Gazibegovic (both minus one million) and Denis Huseinbasic (minus 700,000) five FC professionals. In total, the 1. FC Köln is one of only four teams that could not increase their market value compared to the last adaptation.
The training of 1. FC Köln began on Tuesday morning with double applause. Julian Pauli and Jacob Christensen returned to team training after months of breaks and were greeted by their teammates with applause. Pauli had failed from December due to the consequences of a concussion, Christiansen as early as July 2024 with a cruciate ligament tear.
While the two long -term injuries initially only participated in parts of the training, Mark Uth and Steffen Tigges got full again. After his hand-surgery, Damion Downs continues to work in the rehabilitation area, the cold Joel Schmied trained individually.
The 1. FC Köln started on Monday afternoon with persistent staff worries in preparation for the difficult away game at SC Paderborn. In addition to Linton Maina, Dominique Heintz, Jusuf Gazibegovic, Luca Kilian, Julian Pauli and Jacob Christensen, who are definitely due to their injuries, Joel Schmied, Damion Downs, Mark Uth and Steffen Tigges were also unable to take part in team training.
Uth and Tigges trained at least individually with ball after their recent injuries, could start again in the coming days. Downs should actually play with a rail after his hand operation almost two weeks ago, but has also only been able to work individually. Schmied was missing due to illness. In addition, Eric Martel, Jan Thielmann, Learst Pacarada, Mathias Olesen and Jaka Cuber Potonik are still on international trip.