Borussia Mönchengladbach will restructure and rejuvenate the squad of the second team with a view to the coming season. Therefore 15 players of the regional league team have now been bid farewell. Including the veteran Thomas Kraus, who led the foals as captain.
In the future, he will give instructions in the 1. FC Köln jersey: veteran Thomas Kraus.
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“This summer we will completely restructure and significantly rejuvenate the squad. With that we are going back to our roots, so to speak. The U23 should again be a real development pool for young players”, explained Borussia’s junior director Roland Virkus. “We have had a season with ups and downs. We ended up in eleventh place in the table. But much more important than the placement is the further development of each individual. In this respect, we can be proud of this unusual regional league season.”
As part of this restructuring, 15 players will leave the club. The most famous face among them is Thomas Kraus. The 34-year-old captain came to Borussia in the summer of 2015, scored 46 goals in 171 regional league games and had also been a junior coach at the club for several years. Kraus will join 1. FC Köln’s U21s for the coming season, for whom the attacker played from 2008 to 2010.
Two players made their Bundesliga debuts under Hecking
Marcel Benger (22), who completed his only Bundesliga game to date under the then professional coach Dieter Hecking, is drawn to second division Holstein Kiel. In the same season Florian Mayer (23) also played his only first division game. The central defender has not yet found a new club. In addition, Noah Holtschoppen (21), Niels Friebe (20), Felix Thienel (20), Jonas Pfalz (20), Noah Oke Wyawo (19), Ryan Adigo (20), Justin Steinkötter (21, to 1. FC Saarbrücken) , Julian Niehues (20), Markus Pazurek (32), Christian Theoharous (21), Lukas Müller (21) and Jan Niklas Pia (20, to VfB Homberg) the foal stable.
