Legia Warsaw’s homegrown Michal Karbownik moved to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League in 2020 for 5.5 million euros. However, the 21-year-old left-back has not played a role with the “Seagulls” since then and has been awarded every season so far. Hertha BSC, who have been relegated to the Bundesliga, hopes to win the bid for the four-time international, Karbownik is said to favor a move to the capital club despite several interested parties. This is reported by theBild“-Zeitung.
In addition to Hertha, Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04 are also interested in the defender who was last loaned out to Düsseldorf, who contributed six goals in 26 games in the 2022/23 Bundesliga.
The rumor: M. Karbownik to Hertha BSC
Fortuna let a purchase option for 3 million euros expire. According to reports, the English are now calling for a sum of at least one million euros for the left-back, who is under contract until 2024. The Pole was able to boost his market value, which had meanwhile fallen from EUR 6 million to EUR 2 million, to EUR 3 million in Düsseldorf.
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The talks on site with Hertha BSC went well, the player wants to move to the Spree, Hertha is his first choice, the newspaper writes. However, it is unclear whether the cash-strapped Berliners can and want to afford the fee for Karbownik – one is still speculating on the possibility of a lower payment. After the departures of Maximilian Mittelstädt, Lukas Ullrich and Marvin Plattenhardt, the second division had only signed Jeremy Dudziak for the left defensive flank.
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“We will not only find one left-back of appropriate quality, but two,” said coach Pál Dárdai some time ago, looking at the gap in the squad. In the TM rumor mill, too, user “KevJr2410” is in favor of Karbownik’s commitment: “It would definitely be important to get him and I would do it for a million. (…) Firstly, the double cast at the back is important, secondly, he is simply more in rhythm there compared to Dudziak, who could then play in the centre, for example, where we also need players at the moment.
2023-07-25 09:06:00
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