Fast Bundesliga debut?
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With the commitment of the Danes Christian Eriksen (33), VfL Wolfsburg has set an exclamation mark on the transfer market and also scratches a Bundesliga record. Eriksen is the sixth Dane in the squad. VfL has never had so many foreign players in a nation at the same time. And apart from the fact that another Bundesliga club has never been concerned with so many Danish players at the same time, there were more legionnaires of a nation in a team at the German Oberhaus at the German Oberhaus-Borussia Dortmund’s seven Brasilians in the 2003/04 season and Bayern Munich from 2021/22.
Among the six Danes in Wolfsburg can only be found with Joakim Mæhle (28). The other five are there for the offensive of the wolves: Jesper Lindstrøm (25), Andreas Skov Olsen (25), Jonas Wind (26), Adam Daghim (19) and now also Eriksen, who once posted a market value of 100 million euros.
For the Bundesliga record of seven foreign players of the same nation, the Wolfsburgers would have to commit another Danes, which would then-according to the current status-play as many Danes as Germans at VfL. The BVB had first set the maximum value in 2003/04, when seven Brazilians played for the black and yellow: Evanilson, Márcio Amoroso, Dedê, his brother Léandro and Ewerthon were already at Borussia when in summer 2003 the Flávio Conceição borrowed from Real Madrid and in the winter of 18 years old striker Thiago came, who, however, remained without use.
FC Bayern already had six Frenchmen on board in the summer of 2021 when the RB Leipzig Dayot was still bought. The number then reduced to six again in winter when Michaël Cuisance moved on to Venezia after only one mission in the season. In addition to Upamecano, Benjamin Pavard, Corentin Tolisso, Kingsley Coman, Lucas Hernández and Tanguy Nianzou remained.
Six players of a nation like the Wolfsburg team with their Danes now had to offer only Hansa Rostock in the Bundesliga. At that time, 2002/03, six Swedes were under contract with the cogge: Marcus Lantz, Rade Prica, Peter Wibran, Andreas Jakobsson, Joakim Persson and Magnus Arvidsson.
“Impressive trained”: Eriksen before a quick VfL debut?
It is conceivable that Eriksen will come to the 1st FC Köln on Saturday (3:30 p.m.) on Saturday (3:30 p.m.). A starting fine is out of the question. “He had his first training today. Tomorrow we will go back to the pitch. Then we’ll see if he is an option for Saturday. But the first training was good,” said the coach on Thursday at his press conference before the game against the climber. “He doesn’t start. But maybe he will come with us and sit on the bench.”
The Wolfsburgers surprisingly signed the 33 -year -old record international Denmark on Wednesday evening. Eriksen’s contract with Manchester United had not been extended in summer. He achieved great fame, especially after his collapse with cardiac arrest during the European Championships in 2021.
Those responsible for the VfL have no concerns about the fitness of the footballer since July. “He trained with Malmö beforehand. And today he trained impressively,” said Simonis. Wolfsburg’s sports director Sebastian Schindzielorz called the transfer “an exclamation mark for the Bundesliga and also for VfL Wolfsburg”.
