VfL Wolfsburg: “Severe restrictions” by the owner of Volkswagen?
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The war in the Ukraine is also having a negative impact on Volkswagen – and probably also on VfL Wolfsburg in the future.
Economically challenging times could come to VfL Wolfsburg. Again table football reports that the war in Ukraine is having a major impact on the business of VfL owner Volkswagen. The group has already had to send numerous employees on short-time work, and the football division must also “restrict severely”.
As a result, major investments in the upcoming transfer period are “hardly possible”. With the Polish winger Jakub Kaminski, who comes from Lech Poznan for ten million euros, a commitment has already been made, but transfers of other candidates such as Ruben Vargas (Augsburg) or Patrick Wimmer (Bielefeld) are hardly possible unless there are top-class players in return like Maxence Lacroix or Ridle Baku leave the club.
VfL Wolfsburg: Will several key players leave?
It is already clear that there will be a change next summer. John Anthony Brooks is leaving the club on a free transfer, as is William. In addition, Dodi Lukebakio will leave the club after his loan ends. The future of the key players Xaver Schlager, Paulo Otavio, Jerome Roussillon, Kevin Mbabu and Renato Steffen (all contract until 2023) should also be clarified at an early stage. However, the top priority should be to find a successor for Brooks in the defensive center – under apparently more complicated financial conditions than expected.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine also directly affects the VW production facilities there, resulting in a lack of components in other plants such as the main plant in Wolfsburg and production cannot proceed as desired. These million losses also affect VfL.