Sports director on possible sales
Sporting director Sven Mislintat wishes striker Sasa Kalajdzic to remain at VfB Stuttgart beyond the summer. “We still hope that he stays,” said the 49-year-old of the “dpa”. “There is also a statement from Sasa that he will not leave us on a free transfer, also in view of the support he has received from us. Means: If there is no change this summer, we have legitimate hope that he will be extended again.
Kalajdzics’ contract with the Swabian Bundesliga club runs until June 30, 2023. In addition to FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and other top clubs are said to be interested in signing the 24-year-old Austrian. The striker has scored 24 competitive goals in 57 games in his three years in Stuttgart so far, but has also been thrown back several times by serious injuries.
The offensive man himself had left his future open at the beginning of the week, there would be no quick shot. “It’s about finding the best possible for me,” he said at the Austrian national team’s training camp in Bad Tatzmannsdorf on Monday.
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In addition to Kalajdzic, left-back Borna Sosa (24; contract until 2025; rumors about BVB) and midfielder Orel Mangala (24; contract until 2024) have been considered candidates for a change this summer for weeks. “The fact is, we don’t have to sell all three. And we haven’t received a concrete offer from a club for any of the three,” stressed Mislintat.
“So we are relaxed. And we have concrete price expectations for all three.” In the Kalajdzic case, the Swabians’ desired transfer fee is said to be around 30 million euros. At Sosa there are 25, at Mangala 20 million euros in the room.
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