With Attila Szalai, new signing from Fenerbahce, TSG Hoffenheim want to increase the level of performance and the competitive pressure in defense.
He comes to TSG a little cheaper: Attila Szalai. imago images
Attila Szalai will have his physical fitness checked on Monday. After the medical check, TSG’s third real newcomer should be officially announced. The Hungarian will not set a new Hoffenheim transfer record, according to kicker information, the defender from Fenerbahce Istanbul is in the same upper Hoffenheim shelf with a fee of twelve million euros, where Munas Dabbur, Diadie Samassekou and Stanley Nsoki have already been sorted.
The latter in particular only joined TSG last summer for the same size from Bruges. In addition, Szalai is already the third left-footed central defender alongside Nsoki and John Anthony Brooks – all of them, by the way, advised by the same agency “Rogon”, which is known to have the best connections to the club. And against the background that Szalai is said to have been offered at Union Berlin before, the question at least arises as to how big the influence was this time. After all, investments in a new centre-forward would be more urgent.
The air is likely to get pretty thin for John
Whatever the case, Szalai will have to prove that he can defend better and, above all, more reliably than his predecessor Nsoki, whose departure was therefore to be expected. But according to reports, the Frenchman should also stay. Firstly, because a transfer loss would probably be expected at the moment, secondly, to keep the internal pressure high, thirdly, to possibly make it another alternative on the left flank.
With new signing Marius Bülter, who is currently ahead in the race, and Robert Skov, TSG has two more offensive player types. Theoretically, Julian Justvan, who is also new, could help out on the left, but is planned to play more on the right. And homegrown Marco John is still there, with the emphasis on still. The air is likely to get pretty thin for the 21-year-old, who was last loaned out to the second division club Fürth.
2023-07-23 11:37:53
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