VfL Wolfsburg is open to a departure from Wout Weghorst in the winter transfer window. Sports Image write that the Wölfe due to ‘his character’ do not plan to extend his contract until mid-2023. According to the German football magazine, it means that Weghorst can be picked up in January for just over twenty million euros.
With this, Wolfsburg drops its asking price considerably, because last year there was still a price tag of more than thirty million euros on Weghorst. His name has been associated in the past with Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, AC Milan and Internazionale, among others. Speculation about Weghorst’s future has been fueled in recent weeks after he changed agent. His name subsequently fell with the ambitious Newcastle United.
The reason that Wolfsburg is willing to cooperate with a transfer is the contract of the 29-year-old striker, reports next to Sports Image also kicker. Weghorst is fixed in Wolfsburg until mid-2023, but the German club does not intend to extend that commitment for the time being. One of the reasons for this, according to Sports Image the character of Weghorst. If the twelve-time the Dutch international does not sign, next summer will in principle be the last moment for Wolfsburg to leave him an acceptable transfer fee.
Wolfsburg took over Weghorst from AZ in the summer of 2018 for 10.5 million euros. Since then, the former player of Willem II, FC Emmen and Heracles Almelo has scored 70 goals and 22 assists in 140 official matches. So far this season, Weghorst has scored seven goals in twenty appearances. Weghorst was accurate in the game against 1.FC Köln on Tuesday evening, but could not prevent the current number eleven of the Bundesliga from losing for the sixth time in a row: 2-3.
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