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Updated on August 19, 2025 – 3:16 p.m.Reading time: 43 min.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
The last two weeks of the summer change window have started at the 1st FC Köln with a surprising rumor: According to “Sportitalia”, the billy goats are said to have made an official offer for Étienne Kinkoué last weekend. The Frenchman in the service of Le Havre AC is a central defender, his strong foot is the right.
As the “Geissblog” reports, FC is currently not interested in Kinkoué. Should the FC actually deal with the 23-year-old, whose market value is estimated to be seven million, then probably before RAV van den Berg’s commitment. Since the transfer of the Dutchman, planning in central defense has been completed – at least in terms of access.
Denis Huseinbasic was not in the squad of 1st FC Köln on Sunday at the dramatic cup start in Regensburg, coach Lukas Kwasniok had not nominated the midfield player for the first competitive game of the season. Huseinbasic now had to accept another setback on Monday.
Because the 24-year-old was not taken into account for the national team of Bosnia-Herzegovinas. Huseinbasic does not belong to the contingent of national coach Sergej Barbarz for the World Cup qualification games in September against San Marino and Austrian. The same applies to his teammate Jusuf Gazibegovic for his Cologne teammate.
On Sunday, desired transfer Raphael Obermair was visited in Cologne. However, not to finalize a possible change to 1. FC Köln. His current club met Viktoria Cologne in the DFB Cup. In the 3-1 win of the East Westphalia, the 29-year-old was on the field for the entire 90 minutes and even prepared the 2-0 in the meantime.
After the success, Paderborn’s coach Ralf Kettemann finally commented on the future of his player. After Lukas Kwasniok subordinated the SCP on Friday that he was “not honest” in the transfer poker, Kettemann replied: “It is Germany and everyone can say what he wants. What I don’t find cool is that Paderborn is taken into the moral whip and says that it would be nice if the SC Paderborn would be possible to the player.”
Kwasniok had previously explained that the player should not be denied the chance to play with FC in the Bundesliga. “This is a very subjective perspective,” the SCP coach killed. And added: “I think Raphael definitely stays with us.”
The poker around Raphael Obermair goes into the next round. A week ago, Lukas Kwasniok had publicly stated that the 1. FC Köln would like to sign the top performer of SC Paderborn and already agreed with Obermair. The Paderborn, Kwasniok’s former employers, then explained that there was no offer for Obermair.