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HSV coach Tim Walter
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Newcastle appear to be vying for Moukoko
According to a media report, English football club Newcastle United have shown interest in signing Borussia Dortmund's Youssoufa Moukoko after this season.
The 18-year-old German international is said to have received an offer of £150,000 a week, according to the Daily Evening Standard.
Moukoko's contract with the Bundesliga club expires at the end of the season.
Most recently, media reports had caused a stir, according to which the striker is said to have turned down an offer from BVB of allegedly six million euros.
Moukoko found this damaging to his reputation.
"I will never accept such a lie about me," he said via Instagram.
He also stated that he did not want to be put under pressure.
In addition to Newcastle, which is majority owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea FC and Manchester United as well as top Spanish clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are said to be interested in Moukoko.
Dortmund's sports director Sebastian Kehl recently pushed for an early decision regarding the talent.
Ex-Stuttgarter at Premier League club on the slip
In the summer of 2021, Nicolás González left VfB Stuttgart for AC Florenz for a fee of around 24.5 million euros.
Now the attacker from Argentina could already leave Fiorentina again: As the Italian transfer insider Gianluca di Marzio claims to have learned, González is said to have attracted the interest of Leicester City.
The Foxes experience as Table-14.
currently having a difficult season in the Premier League, but are also one of only three teams in the English top flight with a positive transfer balance.
Some of the money available will probably be invested in reinforcements in the winter, with 30 million pounds (about 34 million euros) available for the 24-year-old González.
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Hamburger SV is sticking with Walter
Coach Tim Walter has extended his expiring contract with Hamburger SV by one year until the summer of 2024.
This was announced by the runners-up in the second division on Wednesday before leaving for the training camp in Spain.
Walter's assistants also received new contracts.
"On the one hand, it's a big task, but on the other hand it's also a great honor for me to work for this club," said Walter, who took over the traditional club in 2021: "HSV has a brutal force and it makes me everyone Have fun working here.« Last year, Walter only missed promotion with the North Germans in the relegation against Hertha BSC.
Leibold moves to the USA
Hamburger SV has also made a departure: Tim Leibold is leaving the club after three and a half years and moving to Sporting Kansas City in the American Major League Soccer.
HSV confirmed the transfer that had been expected for days on Tuesday evening.
»Tim approached us with the desire to make a change in order to face a new sporting challenge.
Since he always put himself at the service of the club and the team during his time at HSV, we complied with this wish," said sporting director Jonas Boldt.
Leibold came to Hamburg from 1. FC Nürnberg in 2019.
In the 2020/21 season, the 29-year-old left-back even led HSV as captain.
In October 2021 he tore a cruciate ligament in his knee.
A hamstring tear followed this season.
The defender missed promotion to the Bundesliga three times with the club.
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