Football transfer ticker: Serhou Guirassy leaves VfB Stuttgart

Sports Director Fabian Wohlgemuth has the rumors that have been going on for weeks about a departure of the top players Serhou Guirassy and Waldemar Anton from the VfB Stuttgart confirmed. “Both have informed us that they will be leaving the club,” said the 45-year-old at the start of training for the Bundesliga club. Both striker Guirassy and defensive leader Anton are considered potential new signings by Borussia Dortmund Both professionals have exit clauses in their contracts with VfB, but according to Wohlgemuth these have not yet been activated. He therefore cannot currently “say anything about where the path will most likely lead,” said Stuttgart’s sports director. One can only comment on this “when the status is clarified.”

According to media reports, a possible replacement for striker Guirassy is Ermedin Demirovic from the FC Augsburg“He played a good season and knows how the league works,” said Wohlgemuth about the 26-year-old, who scored 15 league goals for the Fuggerstadt team last season. “We are currently examining whether he is of interest to us – this brings us back to the economic situation.”

In addition to the four German European Championship participants Anton, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Chris Führich and Deniz Undav, goalkeeper Alexander Nübel and Guirassy, ​​who are still on vacation, were also missing from the start of training for the championship runner-up. Enzo Millot, who was nominated for the French Olympic team, was also absent.

But there are seven new external additions: Jeff Chabot, Justin Diehl (both from 1. FC Köln), Nick Woltemade (Werder Bremen), Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg), Frans Krätzig (FC Bayern), Ramon Hendriks (Feyenoord Rotterdam) and Stefan Drljaca (Dynamo Dresden). Fabian Rieder, who is on loan from Stade Rennes, is still with the Swiss national team and will face England in the European Championship quarter-finals on Saturday. (dpa)