Cunha is already in Madrid – Belfodil is training at Hertha BSC for the first time
Matheus Cunha was no longer there on Tuesday afternoon for the first Hertha BSC training session of the week on Schenckendorffplatz. Meanwhile, the Brazilian landed in Madrid. There, at the Spanish champions Atletico, the medical check-up was due for the 22-year-old. An official confirmation of the transfer is pending. “It was his dream to play where he is now. You can’t block much there, ”said Hertha’s trainer Pal Dardai.
Hertha loses a very fine footballer, but Cunha also caught on from time to time due to tactical lack of discipline on the pitch. Dardai recently reprimanded him publicly for this, his predecessor Bruno Labbadia at the end of last year. The club will take in around 30 million euros. And thus twelve more than the Berliners paid for the offensive player to RB Leipzig in early 2020.
Ishak Belfodil trained with his new teammates for the first time on Tuesday. During the training game, Hertha’s entry from TSG Hoffenheim scored a goal straight away. Dardai announced that he would give the striker time to adjust to the new surroundings. “But I’ll take him with me,” said the coach with a view to the next Bundesliga game on Saturday evening at Bayern Munich. At the champions, the Berliners are faced with the difficult task of scoring the first point in the third game of the season. So far there have been defeats at 1. FC Köln and at home against VfL Wolfsburg. Hertha is currently bottom of the league.
Belfodil only costs a small transfer of significantly less than one million euros. The 29-year-old is set to replace Jhon Cordoba, who moved to Russian club FK Krasnodar for around 20 million euros. Dardai spoke of a “good trade”. In the Bundesliga, Belfodil has scored a total of 20 goals in 73 games for Hoffenheim and Werder. He almost completely missed the 2019/20 season due to a serious knee injury. The Algerian was in Hoffenheim for three years, before he had changed clubs several times a year.
Kevin-Prince Boateng was absent from training (back problems), but he may be ready for the game in Munich. Defender Marton Dardai, on the other hand, has been sidelined for two to three weeks due to an ankle injury.
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