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In the 2020/2021 season, Doan had already played for Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga
Photo: Soeren Stache / dpa
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Doan is from Freiburg
Ritsu Doan returns to the Bundesliga and strengthens SC Freiburg.
The offensive player from Japan last played for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands and was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld in the 2020/2021 season.
Doan has now signed with the Europa League participants, as the club announced.
Confidentiality was agreed on the content of the contract.
According to media reports, the fee should be eight to nine million euros.
»Ritsu showed in Bielefeld that he can play extensively in the Bundesliga – we will need that from him too.
It's nice that it still worked out after a year's delay," said sports director Klemens Hartenbach.
After Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (FC St. Pauli) and returnee Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach), the 24-year-old national player is the third external newcomer to the sports club.
The change from Michael Gregoritsch could also be announced in a timely manner.
However, Freiburg and FC Augsburg do not yet seem to agree on the transfer fee.
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Adamjan is said to be Cologne's sixth newcomer
According to media reports, Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln have signed offensive player Sargis Adamjan from league rival TSG Hoffenheim.
He is said to be joining his new team at the training camp in Donaueschingen on Tuesday.
The clubs haven't officially confirmed the transfer yet.
The Armenian national player would be the sixth new signing under the new FC sports director Christian Keller.
Adamjan is contractually bound to TSG until 2023, according to the media, Cologne should pay almost one million euros in installments.
The 29-year-old can be used flexibly as a centre-forward and winger.
In the second half of last season, the 29-year-old was loaned to the Belgian first division side FC Bruges, for whom he scored six goals in 16 competitive games.
Adams joins Leeds United from RB Leipzig
Defensive all-rounder Tyler Adams is moving from RB Leipzig to Leeds United in the Premier League, according to “Sky”.
According to the report, Leipzig will collect a transfer fee of up to 23 million euros including bonuses for the 23-year-old American.
In Leeds, Adams will again meet his compatriot Jesse Marsch, who was sacked as Leipzig coach in December and then joined the northern English club, with whom he just barely managed to stay up.
Adams played 24 games for the Bundesliga club last season, but only half of them from the start.
He moved to Leipzig from the New York Red Bulls in January 2019.
New PSG trainer before presentation
Coach Christophe Galtier has signed a two-year contract with French champions Paris Saint-Germain, according to consistent reports.
The 56-year-old will be officially presented at a press conference in the Prinzenpark stadium on Tuesday, French media reported in advance.
Accordingly, Galtier, who last coached the first division club OGC Nice, signed his contract with the capital club on Monday.
The Frenchman recently finished fifth in Ligue 1 with the club from the Côte d'Azur and is expected to lead the Parisians to the long-awaited Champions League title.
Galtier became known throughout Europe in the summer of 2021 when he surprisingly won the championship title with OSC Lille.
According to reports, the Parisians transferred millions to Nice for him.
At PSG he succeeds Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, whose contract was terminated prematurely.
Lucien Favre, who last coached Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga until December 2020, has already been introduced as the new coach in Nice.
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