“When things go really bad…”
Scheucht exclusive advisory group filling pitcher from Bremen?
01/10/2023 4:02 p.m
exit? whereabouts? The future of World Cup ray of hope Niclas Füllkrug is the big issue at Werder Bremen. The striker is now managed by the same agency as Serge Gnabry and Kai Havertz and could move to a ‘top club’ at home and abroad for €15-20m.
Finally a day off for Niclas Füllkrug. Time to enjoy the day with the family, with a bike ride in Blockland or a walk through the Bürgerpark. And to think about the future. It’s the big issue in Bremen, not only at Werder they ask themselves: What does the filling krug want? Is he going? Does he stay?
“Currently” Füllkrug is not thinking about changing clubs, but of course everyone knows that that can change very quickly. And since his change of advisor at the latest, speculation about this season’s promoted team has picked up speed again. Füllkrug is now managed by the “Roof” agency and is therefore part of a fairly exclusive circle, colleagues like Sadio Mané, Serge Gnabry (both FC Bayern), Kai Havertz (FC Chelsea) or Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona) will also be there looked after there.
Füllkrug is currently still hiding the transfer issue – “until, of course, something concrete is on the table and Werder might say: That would also be attractive for us,” said the attacker to the “kicker”: “Then we have to talk about it. Can be ruled out you never do it 100 percent.”
“When things go really bad…”
Füllkrug, repeatedly plagued by serious injuries in his career, is right at the top. The 29-year-old is probably at the peak of his career. With ten goals, he is currently the most successful German attacker in the Bundesliga. And: At the World Cup in Qatar he was one of the very few bright spots. Wouldn’t it be logical to move to a bigger club? “If not now, then when?” asked the “Deichstube”.
According to Sky information, “top clubs from the Bundesliga, Italy and England” are interested in the filling jug. The “price tag” is 15 to 20 million euros, and a change by summer at the latest is “extremely likely”. At Werder they prepare for everything, safety first. “I don’t want to hope so, but if things go really badly, on the last day of the transfer window you’re forced to think about whether something’s going on somewhere,” said coach Ole Werner, looking ahead to January 31.
Until then, the guesswork could continue. Clemens Fritz, Bremen’s head of professional football, is deliberately cool in poker. “It’s quiet at the moment and I’m assuming that he will also play for Werder Bremen in the second half of the season,” said Fritz. But: “If an economically and sportingly interesting offer should come in, we will deal with it if that is desired.”