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He looks after the 2014 world champions Toni Kroos (30) and Benedikt Höwedes (32) as well as keeper Timo Horn (26) from 1. FC Köln: Volker Struth (54) is one of the most influential football consultants. Clear that he knows the transfer market very well.
However, due to the Corona crisis, Struth now expects a quiet changeover period for the coming summer. “A few months ago I expected a transfer of over 200 million euros for this summer. But in view of Corona, I can not imagine that an association is now taking such an economic risk, ”said the boss of the SportsTotal agency now to the“ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger ”.
Top consultant Volker Struth doesn’t believe in mega transfers
Struth believes the clubs “are more careful with their budgets, plugging holes and trying to build up reserves. It can therefore be expected that there will be fewer transfers this summer and above all to other sums. ”
The consultant is certain that many professionals will be significantly cheaper in the upcoming transfer window. He said, “Some clubs will be forced to sell players below market value. Incidentally, I estimate the situation in some other leagues abroad even more dramatically. ”
Volker Struth wants to forego part of his consultant fee
However, Struth does not expect long-term consequences for the million dollar business transfers. “I think that everything will level off again in a similar dimension a year or two after the crisis,” he said.
The German international Toni Kroos from Real Madrid is one of Volker Struth’s prominent protégés.
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Read more here: “FC was not ready for this” – Consultant Volker Struth declares Benedikt Höwedes’ cancellation to 1. FC Köln.
The advisor himself also announced a waiver of wages. “And of course we will also show ourselves to be solution-oriented and in solidarity. I can hardly advise our players to show solidarity – and we are not ourselves. ”(Dpa / sid / kos)
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