Fernando before the out: Salzburg's striker flop changes the club!

Fernando before the out: Salzburg's striker flop changes the club!

A big change is before Red Bull Salzburg! Brazilian striker Fernando has to vacate his place. The new sports director Rouven Schröder announced during the introduction of the new coach Thomas Letsch that Fernando is on the departure list as a player. The 25-year-old, who had come from Schachtar Donetsk for six million euros, had turned out to be a million-flop by repeated injuries in recent years. Schröder mentioned that Fernando has not played a single game for the "bulls" since April 2024. The player, once estimated with a market value of ten million euros, is now only worth three million and has only scored ten goals and six assists in 20 league games last season.

bad luck and the future

The bad luck of the injury of Fernando and the cruciate ligament rupture of Bundesliga goalkeeper king Karim Konaté tightened the striker crisis near Salzburg. Fernando was in Rehabilitation after a thigh operation in his homeland in Brazil and is now back in Salzburg to clarify his future at the club. Despite his contract, which is still running until June 2027, the new sports director has found clear words: "We need players who identify 100 percent with Red Bull Salzburg", such as Situation is a challenge for the Salzburgers who did not have the desired success in the last half series. According to Today. The bulls are faced with the task of not only strengthening the entire squad to return to the top of the Bundesliga.