Bundesliga: With Grimaldo’s confidants: Takeover helps the star of the first division

The rollercoaster ride continues!

In the summer of 2023, Cédric Zesiger (26) moved from Young Boys for 5 million euros. VfL Wolfsburg. After more than a year with Lower Saxony, the defender’s results are very satisfactory.

Under former coach Niko Kovac (53 / unemployed), the Swiss vacillated between starting excitement (13 times in the starting line-up) and bench frustration (10 times without an appearance / three substitutes). The ups and downs first changed under Ralph Hasenhüttl (57). The Austrian was on his left foot and was in the starting eleven in ten of 13 Bundesliga games. Get up…

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Zesiger recently lost his usual place and sat on the bench for the entire game in the 3-1 win over VfL Bochum. He might be there on Sunday against Werder Bremen. New experts in the background may help take his career to the next level.

Zesiger’s takeover should be pushed

The US agency “Wasserman” recently took over the Swiss consultancy “International Football Management” (IFM). And with the client IFM Zesiger. This merger could help the defendant because “Wasserman” has a large international network and several top advisers in its ranks. Federico Valverde (26 / Real Madrid) and Alejandro Grimaldo (29 / Bayer Leverkusen), among others, have confidence in the star group.

“By joining forces with a global market leader like Wasserman, we can now take the careers of our players to new heights,” said Franco Moretti, former IFM and new Wasserman employee. Now this extra experience should help Zesiger.

In terms of sports, things are going well for the defensive bouncer this season. He won only 49 percent of his duels – a weak figure. For comparison: His club colleague Sebastiaan Bornauw (25) won 62 percent of his one-on-one duels. The league leader is Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz (21) with 82 percent.

Perhaps Zesiger is already planning a farewell to Wolves (contract until the summer of 2027)...