Stage: loose rumour. The national press has carried the story. The link is speculative for now. The same rumour keeps coming back. The talk has begun to distract him.
Outlook
Expectations may build after a stand-out moment.
Turned down the offered deal
Serious
Cause
He turned down the club's offer. The club's project did not match his ambition.
Stage: concrete interest. The interested club has formally approached. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
4y · $3.5M/y
He has started to want: First-team football
Mind
He has said it out loud: Out, anywhere
Mind
He got what he wanted: First-team football
Mind
Fighting to save the manager's job
Repeated transfer talk is becoming a distraction
Moderate
Cause
Stage: loose rumour. The national press has carried the story. The link is speculative for now. The same rumour keeps coming back. The talk has begun to distract him.
Stage: concrete interest. The interested club has formally approached. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Stage: negotiations are opening. Briefings from the interested club leaked. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Has agreed personal terms with Schalke 04 — only the medical to go
Serious
Cause
Stage: personal terms agreed. Briefings from the interested club leaked. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Repeated transfer talk is becoming a distraction
Minor
Cause
Stage: loose rumour. The national press has carried the story. The link is speculative for now. The same rumour keeps coming back. The talk has begun to distract him.
Outlook
Expectations may build after a stand-out moment.
Settling well into the dressing room
Moderate
Cause
A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
Outlook
Settling-in period is still under way.
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
4y · $3.5M/y
He has said it out loud: A place in the national squad
Mind
His agent appears to be testing the market
Minor
Cause
Stage: agent sounding out the market. The link came via his representatives. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Stage: concrete interest. The interested club has formally approached. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Stage: negotiations are opening. Briefings from the interested club leaked. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Has agreed personal terms with Hertha BSC — only the medical to go
Serious
Cause
Stage: personal terms agreed. Briefings from the interested club leaked. It would offer an escape from his current situation. Starts would likely be easier to come by. He wants the club to listen if a serious bid arrives. Playing time would likely improve.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
He has started to want: Out, anywhere
Mind
He has started to want: First-team football
Mind
He has started to want: Better players around him
Mind
He has started to want: The manager’s trust
Mind
He has started to want: To learn the language
Mind
To be loaned out
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Loan listed
Decision
Cause
Surplus to tactical requirements
Who
Baumann Sven
He never got into the team on loan
Minor
Cause
7 appearances · 6.70 average rating
Squad status changed
Told he is not in the manager's plans
Moderate
Cause
The manager has made his verdict on where this player fits plain.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Returning loanee is competing for his place Jorrel Hato
Serious
Cause
The new arrival has visibly higher ability.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Returning loanee is competing for his place Leon Avdullahu