Werder extends early with coach Werner
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Ole Werner remains loyal to Bremen
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Clubs in Germany and Europe have started upgrading for next season. Liverpool secure a world champion, Real are interested in a Bayern player, and in Bremen the coach extends. All news in the transfer ticker.
NAfter staying in the Bundesliga, coach Ole Werner prematurely extended his contract with Werder Bremen. “With his style and his game idea, he played a major role in the fact that we managed to stay up on the penultimate match day and that we were never in a relegation zone during the season,” said managing director Frank Baumann.
Due to the relegation of the Hanseatic League, the term was automatically extended to 2024 anyway. The club did not provide any information on the expected duration of the cooperation. According to a report by the “Deichstube” portal, the contract should apply until 2026.
The 35-year-old coach took over the task in November 2021 after Markus Anfang left. A little over six months later, the ex-coach from Holstein Kiel managed to get promoted to the Bundesliga with Bremen. The club finished its first season under Werner in the first division as 13th in the table.
Real are interested in Bayern defender Davies
As the Spanish sports newspaper “Marca” reports, Real Madrid has contacted FC Bayern to negotiate a transfer from Alphonso Davies. Real would like to fill the left-back position. Ferland Mendy, who has been set there so far, recently had many health problems, which apparently also caused contract negotiations to fail.
Bayern would actually like to keep Davies. Most recently, however, he rejected the verbal extension of the contract, which currently runs until 2025. The reason for this is the unrest in the club surrounding the expulsion of former CEO Oliver Kahn (53) and former sports director Hasan Salihamidzic (46).
Klopp gets desired player
Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp gets one of his dream players. According to media reports, the transfer of Argentinian soccer world champion Alexis Mac Allister (24) to the Reds is to be officially announced this week after passing the medical check-up. Accordingly, the English Premier League club and Mac Allister have agreed to work together. The contact between Liverpool and Brighton has already taken place, as reported by the “Times”, among others.
Alexis Mac Allister (left) is on his way to Liverpool FC
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According to the media, Liverpool benefits from the 24-year-old’s exit clause, the transfer fee should be between 53 and 64 million euros. Mac Allister would be the first signing of the Klopp team, which has only qualified for the Europa League in fifth place. The Argentine extended his contract in Brighton to 2025 last October. In early 2019, the midfielder moved from his South American homeland from Argentinos Juniors to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League for eight million euros. After a one-year loan to Boca Juniors, he made his Seagulls debut in March 2020 and has made 112 appearances, scoring 20 goals.
Tottenham have a new manager
Australian coach Ange Postecoglou is tasked with getting Tottenham Hotspur back on the road to success. The 57-year-old takes over as Spurs coach for the new season and has been given a four-year contract. Postecoglou won the treble with league, cup and league cup in Scotland with Celtic Glasgow last season. The Spurs finished the Premier League season in eighth place. In March, the club parted ways with Italian coach Antonio Conte. In the meantime, ex-Bayern coach Julian Nagelmann had also been traded at the London club.
In two years with Celtic Glasgow, Postecoglou, who was born in Greece, has won five out of a possible six domestic titles. Previously, he had become champion in Australia with Brisbane Roar and in Japan with the Yokohama F. Marinos. As Australia coach, he led his country to the 2014 and 2018 World Cups and won the 2015 Asian Cup.
Schalke extended with goalkeeper Langer
Schalke 04 and goalkeeper Michael Langer continue their cooperation. As the second division announced, the contract with the 38-year-old was extended until June 30, 2024. Langer is entering his seventh season with the Bundesliga relegated team. The Austrian moved to Revier in 2017 from the Swedish club IFK Norrköping as number three.
Magdeburg buys from HSV
Second division club 1. FC Magdeburg have strengthened their attacking side for the coming season: Xavier Amaechi comes to FCM from Hamburger SV. The 22-year-old Englishman moved to Hamburg in 2019, but did not prevail there. During this time, Amaechi was loaned to Karlsruher SC and Bolton Wanderers. “Xavier is a young and developing player who has a lot of potential. Due to injuries, his path has not been that smooth so far. We are convinced that he fits our game philosophy and will liven up our offensive,” said sporting director Otmar Schork.
Will Serdar return to Mainz?
After relegation with Hertha BSC, midfielder Suat Serdar is looking for a new club. According to information from “Kicker”, two clubs in particular are interested: Mainz 05, where the 26-year-old began his professional career, and the Turkish champions Galatasaray Istanbul.
Walter should remain coach of HSV
Tim Walter should remain coach of Hamburger SV even after the failure in the relegation. “Of course” Walter will stay, said sports director Jonas Boldt after the 1: 3 in the second leg against VfB Stuttgart on Monday evening. “We have built a foundation that is very good for the club.”
The 47-year-old Walter, whose contract runs until the summer of 2024, said on Sky: “We’re not giving up, I’m extremely proud of my team.” After the two defeats, the club has to go into its sixth season in the second division . “We fall down, but we don’t stay down, we get up again,” said Walter. “I have a year left on my contract, I get along really well with Jonas and we’ve built something here.”
