Leonardo Bittencourt is currently out under Werder Bremen coach Horst Steffen. Will an early exit become an issue again? This is what the veteran is currently planning.
Bremen – The transfer window is still open for two weeks. Even if it currently looks like things are going on around the… SV Werder Bremen doesn’t do much anymore, an early departure would be Leonardo Bittencourt not entirely surprising given the current situation. According to information from DeichStube However, as of now there is little indication of this. On the one hand, the player, whose contract with Werder is known to expire in the summer, would prefer not to look for a new employer until the new season. On the other hand, those responsible in Bremen are not currently planning one Exit of the veteran. “Leo continues to be an integral part of our squad,” Werder’s head of professional football Peter Niemeyer told the DeichStube.
Leonardo Bittencourt is dissatisfied with the situation at Werder Bremen, but wants to stay until the end of the season
However, that does not necessarily mean that the Leipzig native, for whom there is already interest from abroad – including from the MLS – will soon play a larger role at Osterdeich again. According to reports, there was no single scandal that led to the 32-year-old Werder Bremen was left out recently and wasn’t even in the matchday squad for the last two games. Rather, according to general language, only sporting reasons were said to have been decisive. Head coach Horst Steffen was simply not satisfied with the midfielder’s training performance and therefore preferred to rely on other players, which is at least remarkable since instead of Bittencourt in the past games, Skelly Alvero was in the squad, who, as is well known, hardly plays a sporting role at Osterdeich and can still leave the green-whites in the winter. But with his approach, the Werder coach apparently also wanted to send a signal to the dressing room that hard work in training and willingness to perform will be rewarded. Leonardo Bittencourt He himself is said to be more than upset about the situation, but nothing has changed in his original decision to finish the season in Bremen. (bvo)
