Werder is “very optimistic”
According to DeichStube information, Ethan Kohler is facing a permanent transfer to SV Werder Bremen.
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SV Werder Bremen is about to sign US talent Ethan Kohler. Werder’s head of professional football confirmed this to the DeichStube.
Bremen – He has already trained in a green and white dress, should be from summer Ethan Kohler then also for him SV Werder Bremen play. The Bundesliga club is about to sign the American. “We are very interested in him and are very optimistic that we can realize that,” confirms Clemens Fritz, Werder’s head of professional football, when asked by the DeichStube. Fix it change However, the only 17-year-old defensive specialist has not yet.
Ethan Kohler still has a contract with the second division club Oakland Roots in the USA. However, the club allowed him a trial period of several weeks on the Weser. Kohler made a very good impression there. The US youngster with Indonesian roots comes from Campbell, California and can be used not only in central defense, but also in midfield as a six right in front of the back line.
Ethan Kohler before transfer to Werder Bremen: Talent should probably collect game practice with the U23
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Ethan Kohler himself is said to have already decided to move to Bremen. He will be 18 on May 20th, possibly after that the transfer for the summer will be made perfect. In which team the newcomer will be used is still open. As a youngster, he can still play for two more years in the U19s. But it is more likely that he will initially play in the U23s Werder Bremen – i.e. in the Regionalliga Nord – finds his sporting home and then regularly gets a taste of the pros.
That’s what the green-whites once did with a certain Josh Sargent. The striker also came to Bremen from the USA when he was just 18 and made it to the pros via the U23s. After relegation in 2021, he moved to English club Norwich City for a transfer fee of almost ten million euros. At the Winter World Cup in Qatar, the now 23-year-old played three of the four games played by the USA, which were eliminated in the round of 16. Ethan Kohler has at least already made it into the squad for the U19 national team – and now it is very likely that he will too Werder Bremen. (kni)
