Union Berlin with Timo Baumgartl in the squad – Ruhnert: You can manage Max Kruse

First time since April

1. FC Union Berlin want to show that they have coped well with the 1-0 home defeat against Royale Union Saint Gilloise at the start of the Europa League. The first opportunity to do so is on Sunday (3.30 p.m. / DAZN) in the Bundesliga game at 1. FC Köln. “We were disappointed and not satisfied. But we didn’t dwell on it for long. We mentioned one or two things that need to be improved,” said coach Urs Fischer.

There is a special comeback in the Rhineland: Timo Baumgartl will be back in the squad for the first time since he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in April. The “Iron” extended the 26-year-old’s one-year loan from PSV Eindhoven in the summer until 2023. There is then a purchase option.

Union Berlin’s sports director Ruhnert: “You can get Max Kruse”

Meanwhile, Unions Sport Managing Director Oliver Ruhnert would see Max Kruse, who fell out of favor at VfL Wolfsburg, as a reinforcement in the Berlin team. He is a player who finds solutions on the pitch, said Ruhnert in the “Aktuelle Sportstudio” of “ZDF”. The 34-year-old offensive player switched from Union to Wolfsburg in January.

On Saturday, VfL trainer Niko Kovac announced that Kruse would no longer be used by Lower Saxony. “He won’t play anymore,” said Kovac, explaining his lack of identification with the club. Kruse’s contract in Wolfsburg runs until 2023. He can continue to participate in training.

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However, Ruhnert considers the offensive player, who is considered idiosyncratic, to be integrable. “I do believe that Max Kruse can be managed,” he said. But you have to know that Kruse is a player who has his own character, his own mind.

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