Loan with obligation to buy
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This article was first published on July 20. at 6:31 p.m. and was updated on Monday with new information about an upcoming Hertha transfer from Kownacki (first paragraph).
Hertha BSC is successfully working on the commitment of a new striker. The chances at Werder Bremen’s loan returnee Dawid Kownacki, as the “kicker” suggested on Sunday, rose significantly. The “Dike room“Go a step further on Monday and wrote that a transfer is now imminent. An enforcement is to be expected in the coming days. After it is said to have been said that only a sale of the 28-year-old Poland Kownacki is in question on the part of the green-whites, one is said to have agreed on a meat model at the Weser. Certain prerequisites for the purchase obligation for Kownacki should be up to 2.5 million euros for the SVW.
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Kownacki had again spent the past season at Fortuna Düsseldorf and tied it to previous successful times with three goals and five assists in 29 games, but the second division team could not afford the purchase option agreed with Werder. Kownacki has three options and quickly wanted clarity regarding his sporting future, it said on Sunday. His trip to the Bremen training camp in the Zillertal (Austria) is unlikely.
Hertha-striker search: Hoffenheim’s Berisha as another candidate
The “picture” recently reported that Werder actually prefers a sale. The supposedly called EUR 3.5 million would probably have been too much for Hertha. The club had last paid a comparable sum in first division times (all Hertha transfers over the years). Kownacki was apparently not the only candidate on the list of the old lady, instead they drove in two tracks and were in contact with Mergim Berisha (27) from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Hertha coach Stefan Leitl replaced with the attacker. Berisha recently rejected an offer from KaySerispor from Turkey, and there should be other interested parties from abroad.

Both Hertha’s desired candidate Kownacki and Alternative Berisha are bound to their clubs by 2027. In the attack, the Berliners had to accept the departures from Derry Scherhann (to SC Freiburg), Florian Niederlechner (TSV 1860) and Smail Prevljak (NK Istra). When asked by the “kicker” whether a new striker will be signed by the start of the second division in early August, said sports director Benjamin Weber: “Difficult question. We are working on it. But I don’t want to make a forecast.”
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According to the “Deichstube”, the new Werder coach Horst Steffen said about Kownacki: “I think it’s great how he presents himself and accelerates in training. Nevertheless, there are also thoughts that it may not go on. And we have to take that into account.”






