Five years after leaving Arminia Bielefeld to return to France (in Lens), Jonathan Clauss seemed left to return to Germany. As we had revealed to you, the 32 -year -old defender had departure of departure and had a beautiful track to bounce back: Bayer Leverkusen. The Germans are still trying to expand a position abandoned by Jeremie Frimpong (sold in Liverpool) and they had almost reached an agreement with Clauss.
Determined to leave the gym, only a year after his arrival (3 goals, 10 assists last season in Ligue 1), the former Marseillais was not in training lately. His coach, Franck Haise, had also confirmed that his side was head elsewhere, even if the strong man of the Aiglons had specified by the Riviera formation did not intend to separate from the native of Strasbourg.
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“”He has a desire to leave because there is a good offer from a big club. It can be understood. It's been a few weeks ago, that also explains some of its recent performances. The club has the will to keep it, if there must be a departure, it will be in conditions that will respect the three parties. We want to keep it, he knows it. To hold a player who does not want to stay is special. He may be there on September 2, we don't know. We'll see.And tonight, we saw above all Kicker Announce that the transfer of Clauss to Bayer had Capoté.
The German media indicates that the absence of French for the match against Auxerre could have been interpreted as a sign announcing its departure, but in reality, it is not. The media claims that Bayer Leverkusen ended the negotiations, because the gym would have claimed transfer compensation deemed “excessive” for a 32 -year -old player to whom there is only one year of contract. The vice-champion of Germany in reigning therefore left in search of a new side. For his part, Nice retains his defender, even if the latter may not return to training with a smile …
