Jonas Hofmann, here on June 20, 2023 in the international match of the DFB-Elf against Colombia, is said to be about to leave Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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Nobody expected this news late Tuesday afternoon (July 4, 2023)!
Jonas Hofmann (30) from Borussia Mönchengladbach is said to be moving to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
This is reported by thetable football“. Accordingly, Hofmann anchored an exit clause in his contract, which runs until 2025, which is now to be drawn.
The Gladbach bosses are said to have already contacted a successor candidate.
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According to information from “Kicker”, national player Jonas Hofmann will leave the foals and switch to Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the new season. The newspaper reports on Tuesday evening (July 4th).
Accordingly, Hofmann, whose contract with VfL was only extended last year to 2025 (plus an option for another year), included an exit clause in his working paper, which is now to be drawn.
It is said that the transfer from Gladbach to Leverkusen should take place for a fixed fee of around 10 million euros. Bitter for VfL, who according to the “kicker” even recently submitted an improved contract offer for Hofmann in order to persuade him to stay.
Allegedly, Borussia “reached to the ceiling financially” for this, but in return the exit clause should be removed from the contract. Nevertheless, Hofmann is said to have decided to leave the Werkself.
The main reason for this is said to be participation in the international football business, with the help of which DFB player Hofmann wants to be more in the focus of national coach Hansi Flick (56) for the upcoming European Championships at home next year.
After captain Lars Stindl (34), attacker Marcus Thuram (25) and left-back Ramy Bensebaini (28), Hofmann would be the fourth notable departure from the Foals squad.
After all: unlike the other three players, Borussia would still receive a tidy sum as compensation for Hofmann. Money that the foals can use to rebuild their squad – even though a player of Hofmann’s caliber will be difficult to replace.
However, the Borussia bosses are said to have already set their sights on a possible successor: Franck Honorat (26/Stade Brest) is said to have attracted the interest of those responsible for Gladbach last summer and could now follow Hofmann on the VfL offensive, like the “kicker”.
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Jonas Hofmann moved from Borussia Dortmund to the Lower Rhine in 2016. Since then he has played 214 competitive games for the Fohlenelf and scored 48 goals.
With 23 points (12 goals/11 assists), he was Borussia’s top scorer last season.
An official confirmation for the transfer is still pending from the two Bundesliga clubs.