Düsseldorf (dpa) – Quite a few Bundesliga clubs seem to have completed their personnel planning before the end of the change period tonight.
An overview:
FC BAYERN MUNICH:Sports director Hasan Salihamidzic recently stated that no winter transfers were planned.“We are very, very well staffed and have a good squad that is in place and nothing will happen there,” said the sports director. Reservist Michael Cuisance was sold to FC Venice.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND: BVB would like to give away players, but has probably not yet found any interested parties for candidates such as former regular keeper Roman Bürki or ex-national player Nico Schulz.
1.FC UNION BERLIN:This departure shortly before the deadline hurts the iron and tears a gap: Max Kruse changes to his former club VfL Wolfsburg. What now? “It will be a challenging task to compensate for this loss in sporting terms,” says Union’s professional football manager Oliver Ruhnert. Exactly what that means remains to be seen. Also, whether Union reinvested the money for Kruse on the transfer market at the last minute.
1. FC COLOGNE: After FC gave up three central defenders in winter, Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire), Jorge Meré (CF America) and Sava Cestic (HNK Rijeka), managing director Alexander Wehrle announced that a second might join Julian Chabot from Sampdoria Genoa . The Turkish national player Kaan Ayhan, who has already played for Schalke, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf in the Bundesliga, was the last person under discussion.
BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH:Despite the vacuum in the sports director position, Borussia is trying to collect money for one or the other player. Above all, Denis Zakaria, who was free in the summer, could still change (Juventus Turin?). Matthias Ginter, who is also free in the summer, will probably stay in Gladbach. The problem cases Marcus Thuram and Alassane Plea are also candidates for change. It is unclear whether the club will get one or two new ones at the last minute.
HERTHA BSC: TDespite three new signings with winger Dongjun Lee (Ulsan Hyundai) and defenders Fredrik André Björkan (FK Bodö/Glimt) and Marc Oliver Kempf (VfB Stuttgart), Hertha could still present a midfielder and a right-back.
ARMINIA BIELEFELD:There are rumors about a transfer of US left-back George Bello for around two million euros. Cercle Bruges are said to be interested in the 20-year-old from Atlanta United FC.
VFL WOLFSBURG:With the return of Max Kruse, VfL landed a small coup. Will others go for it? Dutchman Wout Weghorst, top scorer for the past three and a half years, and Josuha Guilavogui, the former captain, are about to leave. And in addition to Kruse, the Dane Jonas Wind from FC Copenhagen should also come for the attack.
FC AUGSBURG:After Ricardo Pepi’s record signing for an estimated 13 million euros, FC Augsburg kept their eyes open. However, there was no sign of real access for the winter.
Nothing is to be expected from SC Freiburg, RB Leipzig, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt, FSV Mainz 05, VfL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart and SpVgg Greuther Fürth.