VfB Stuttgart: Captain Wataru Endo before moving to Liverpool

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Medical check scheduled

According to media reports, the Japanese national player Wataru Endo is about to switch from VfB Stuttgart to Liverpool FC. Talks with the 30-year-old are well advanced, the Bundesliga club have given permission to travel to Liverpool to complete the transfer and complete the medical check, wrote “The Athletic” and Fabrizio Romano on Wednesday evening.








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In Liverpool Endo would meet coach Jürgen Klopp, whose Reds have recently had problems signing the desired players for midfield. Moisés Caicedo (21) moved to Chelsea FC with exclusive bonuses for 116 million euros, Roméo Lavia (19) will probably go the same way for a fee of between 60 million and 70 million euros. Endo, according to Romano, costs Liverpool significantly less, but at 18 million euros it is still well above market value. In the list of the most expensive departures from VfB, the “six” would be in fifth place, level with Sasa Kalajdzic (26), who switched to the “Wolves” last summer.

15 times over 10 million euros: VfB Stuttgart’s most expensive sales

25 – Julian Schieber | 2012/13 for €5.5 million to BVB

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24 – Fredi Bobic | 1999/00 for €5.75 million to BVB

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23 – Matthew Sammer | 1992/93 for €6m to Inter Milan

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22 – Jurgen Klinsmann | 1989/90 for €6.5m to Inter Milan

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21 – Giovane Elber | 1997/98 for €6.5m to Bayern Munich

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20 – Kevin Kuranyi | 2005/06 for €6.9 million to Schalke 04

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19 – Bernd Leno | 2011/12 for €7.8m to Bayer Leverkusen

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18 – Joshua Kimmich | 2015/16 for €8.5m to Bayern Munich

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16 – Christian Trasch | 2011/12 for €9 million to VfL Wolfsburg

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16 – Antonio Ruediger | 2016/17 for €9m to AS Roma

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14 – Santiago Ascacibar | 2019/20 for €10 million to Hertha BSC

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14 – Daniel Ginczek | 2018/19 for €10 million to VfL Wolfsburg

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12 – Timo Baumgartl | 2019/20 for €12m to PSV Eindhoven

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12 – Naouirou Ahamada | 2022/23 for €12m to Crystal Palace

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11 – Orel Mangala | 2022/23 for €13m to Nottingham Forest

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9 – Filip Kostic | 2016/17 for €14m to Hamburger SV

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9 – Sami Khedira | 2010/11 for €14m to Real Madrid

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6 – Gregory Kobel | 2021/22 for €15m to Borussia Dortmund

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6 – Aleksandr Hleb | 2005/06 for €15m to Arsenal

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6 – Ozan Kabak | 2019/20 for €15m to Schalke 04

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5 – Sasa Kalajdzic | 2022/22 for €18m to Wolverhampton

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With bonuses up to 25 million euros possible

4 – Timo Werner | 2016/17 for €23 million to RB Leipzig

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3 – Nicolas Gonzalez | 2021/22 for €24.5m to Fiorentina

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2 – Mario Gomez | 2009/10 for €30m to Bayern Munich

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Endo was only confirmed as captain of the Swabians a few days ago. “He’s our face, an absolute warrior,” coach Sebastian Hoeneß said. Endo scored 4-0 in the first round of the DFB Cup at fourth division club TSG Balingen, and his contract ends in the summer of 2024. The club actually tried to get an extension. “If we want to strengthen the identity of our team, we need unsellable assets,” sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth said.

Endo switched from Belgian club VV St. Truiden to VfB in the summer of 2019. Since then, the 30-year-old midfielder has played 132 games for the Swabians and in the meantime has increased his market value almost tenfold.

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