What about Lee Buchanan? Werder Bremen’s sporting director Frank Baumann spoke to DeichStube about the future and a possible transfer of the left-back.
Bremen – During the last week of training, on Wednesday Lee Buchanan not with his teammates on the pitch and since it took a moment before the SV Werder Bremen circulated the official explanation for this, a little guesswork began among observers. Was the left-back possibly away to negotiate with a new club? After all, we are in the middle of the 2023 transfer summer, and Buchanan is considered a possible option on the Osterdeich exit candidate. The resolution: The Englishman was absent for “reasons of load control”. Already in the next training he was there again. However, that doesn’t mean that the 22-year-old won’t be saying goodbye to Bremen in the near future.
Werder Bremen would like to lend Lee Buchanan – but a sale is not out of the question
“In his home country, Lee has a good reputation. There are always clubs from England that are showing an interest in him, even these days,” says Werder’s sporting director Frank Baumann in conversation with the DeichStube. Basically wants and will block Werder Bremen not the inquiries from England, on the contrary: if a package that suits all sides comes about, the club is quite ready Lee Buchanan to let go. According to reports, preferably by loan, but a sale should not be ruled out in principle. “We still believe that Lee can be interesting for us in terms of sport or business,” says Baumann.
Lee Buchanan exactly one year ago, in July 2022, moved from the English second division club Derby County to Bremen on a free transfer. He was able to convince in the long term in his first season Werder Bremen However not. The left-back made a decent 21 appearances in the Bundesliga and scored a dream goal during the furious 3-2 win in Dortmund. However, he was only a member of the starting eleven twice. Head coach Ole Werner preferred to rely on the much more experienced Anthony Jung (31) on the left rail, who is less offensive but more reliable defensively. Currently there is little to suggest that Buchanan will be able to shake this hierarchy. It seems more realistic that he will collect more match practice elsewhere in the future. Above all, clubs from the Championship, England’s second division, should be interested in him.
Werder Bremen are already looking for a new left-back – only then can Lee Buchanan go
one thing is certain: Werder Bremen becomes an exit Lee Buchanans only agree when his position in the management team has been filled. “After the injuries to Mitchell Weiser and Felix Agu, we can’t give up another winger without signing a replacement beforehand,” says Frank Baumannwho, together with Werder’s head of professional football Clemens Fritz and squad planner Johannes Jahns, has been looking for a new left-back for some time.
Last was the Senegalese Fode Ballo-Toure caught sight of Bremen. At AC Milan, the 26-year-old had little playing time last season. He should be allowed to leave the club. According to information from DeichStube there were talks between the two clubs a few weeks ago, but not to the von Werder Bremen hoped for result. While Bremen’s Fodé Ballo-Touré would like to rent it out, Milan are planning a permanent sale. It is said that the Italians want to earn at least five million euros from the player, which is probably too much money for Werder. (dco)
2023-07-16 09:47:23
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