Werder Bremen loses top talent Karim Coulibaly to Strasbourg
Werder Bremen is on the verge of selling top talent Karim Coulibaly to Strasbourg. The Bundesliga club receives a transfer fee of 20 million euros and has secured a resale participation of around 10%.
What Werder really gets for Coulibaly
The deal includes no bonus model that promises the Bremer additional payments. Werder decided on the Strasbourg offer because the market for Coulibaly, according to information from DeichStube, was never as large as assumed in the past months.
Why it's a compromise for Werder
Werder had hoped for higher transfer fees, but the Strasbourg offer was the only concrete one. The Bundesliga club decided on the safe path and agreed to the deal because the market for Coulibaly was never as large as assumed.
What comes next?
The transfer of Coulibaly to Strasbourg is officially confirmed. The Bundesliga club receives a transfer fee of 20 million euros and has secured a resale participation of around 10%.
Werder Bremen currently stands 15th in the Bundesliga and scored 37 goals and conceded 60 goals in the last season. The title win is 57 points behind the leaders Bayern München. The last four games ended with four defeats.
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