“I’m really looking forward to this game. As does the entire team. We’re fully convinced that we won’t let Dortmund get anything.”
A pithy announcement from VfB striker Sasa Kalajdzic (24) before the duel against Dortmund on Friday evening. For Stuttgart it is about vital points, for Kalajdzic also about their own future.
Because the Ösi is traded as one of several candidates for the Haaland successor.
TV expert Marcel Reif could well imagine that, he recently enthused on BILD TV: “The two-meter lanky can do crazy things in the air. But he can also handle the ball. This is a very interesting player. That would have something for Dortmund if they play this type of football with good, fast flanks and flanks.”
Kalajdzic is now playing for the BVB bosses on Friday!
Will Dortmund be his new club?
“No one wants to fight relegation”
The fact is: Ösi, whose contract expires in 2023, is about to leave Stuttgart early in the summer. The national striker turned down an offer from VfB to extend his contract. The Swabians are said to have stretched themselves financially. But they cannot offer him the sporting perspective that he wants for the next step in his career.
Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa
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“Nobody wants a relegation battle,” Kalajdzic said a few weeks ago. He would like to switch to a club that is playing for titles.
The interest in him is there. It has not gone unnoticed not only by BVB, but also by other top European clubs that Kalajdzic has found his way back to top form after his serious shoulder surgery.
In addition, VfB must – as in the previous summer – again generate a transfer surplus in the mid double-digit million range. A transfer fee for the two-meter striker should be around 20 million euros
