The future of offensive player Ondrej Duda in the Bundesliga 1. FC Cologne seems questionable after the provisional exclusion from team training. The club confirmed the decision on Sunday after beating Arminia Bielefeld (3-1). Duda “put his interests above the needs of the team and will initially train individually,” it said, details of Duda’s behavior were not known.
Coach Steffen Baumgart, however, went into more detail about the measure in an interview with the Cologne newspapers. “I don’t want to see him for a week and not have him with the team,” Baumgart told the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: “This decision doesn’t just come about, it’s the result of a development. Of course, there are always two perspectives on such things .”
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Baumgart does not want to attach too much importance to the subject
Baumgart added that he didn’t want to “hang the subject too high,” and in an interview with the Express he also made it clear: “The door for him isn’t closed for me. I don’t see it that dramatically. Something like that can happen in football.”
Duda (27) was not used in the win against Bielefeld, which still gives FC hope to qualify for a European competition. A week earlier in the derby at Borussia Mönchengladbach (3-1), he was only substituted on in the closing stages. Overall, Duda has played 29 times on 31 matchdays and has scored two goals so far.
The Slovak’s contract runs until 2024. Last season, his first at FC, Duda played a key role in the club’s relegation with 7 goals and 6 assists.