The transfer saga of Said El Mala (19) continues with no agreement between 1. FC Köln and Borussia Dortmund. BVB has made a new offer, but it has been rejected again according to EXPRESS.de reports.
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BVB has not met Köln's salary demands so far. However, even if Dortmund pays the required amount, Pierre Littbarski questions what Köln would do with the money. He is not convinced by the current squad: 'They have brought in a few new players, I am happy about that,' but was particularly disappointed with the full-backs: 'That was not the golden egg.'
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And what would he advise El Mala? Littbarski was not entirely sure. 'They would shoot me in Köln if I now said he should go to Dortmund,' he said. 'Of course, that would be the next step for the player. He did not want to go to England (to FC Brentford, Anm. d. Red.), it would have been an ideal club for him. But he did not want to go there. Dortmund is a different level. And I have the suspicion that the signs actually indicate that he will go to Dortmund.'
The hardest hit by this situation, according to Littbarski, is 1. FC Köln's coach René Wagner (38). 'It must be terrible for the coach. You have to always have a backup in your head, it's all a bit difficult,' said Littbarski, who expects tough times for his Kölners if El Mala leaves: 'Without El Mala, after what I have seen so far at 1. FC Köln, it will not be a piece of cake in the second year.'
