Maximilian Philipp is highly valued in Wolfsburg as a person, but the midfielder’s prospects are poor in sport. That’s why his farewell is imminent – according to kicker information, talks with SC Freiburg are well advanced.
Is facing a change from VfL Wolfsburg to SC Freiburg: Maximilian Philipp. IMAGO/Christian Schroedter
Just like a week earlier in the cup against Makkabi Berlin (6-0), Maximilian Philipp was absent from the Wolfsburg squad for the start of the Bundesliga against 1. FC Heidenheim (2-0). No place for the midfielder, who was loaned to Werder Bremen in the second half of the previous season.
And the chances that something will change in the future have worsened again after Lovro Majer, who came from Stade Rennes for 25 million euros, was signed by VfL. That means: Philipp wants and is allowed to leave, his farewell is imminent. According to kicker information, talks with SC Freiburg are well advanced.
It would be a return for the 29-year-old, who played in Breisgau from 2013 to 2017 and rose to become a Bundesliga professional. The attacking midfielder scored 18 goals and 17 assists in 88 games before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2017 for €20m. After Freiburg, he found his sporting happiness at the other stations at Dinamo Moscow, in Wolfsburg and Bremen, if at all, only for a short time.
Does Philipp now come full circle at the sports club?
Does Philipp now come full circle at the sports club? There is much to suggest that talks between the three parties are on the home stretch. “I am infinitely grateful to Christian Streich and SC Freiburg,” said the player years after his departure. Now he wants to try to get his career going again in his old homeland.
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