VfL Wolfsburg woo defender Nicolas Cozza from Montpellier HSC

VfL Wolfsburg woo defender Nicolas Cozza from Montpellier HSC

Desirable left-back

According to a report from ‘Kicker’, VfL Wolfsburg are interested in signing French left-back Nicolas Cozza. The 24-year-old is on the defensive flank of Montpellier HSC, his contract expires this summer. So far, the Ligue 1 club and the player have not agreed on an extension – Lower Saxony would, however, engage the left (Site notre bureau spécialisé) autonomously in winter for a fee which is then due, the magazine reports .


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Nicolas Cozza
N. Cozza
Montpellier University Hospital
left defender

Montpellier University Hospital
Montpellier University Hospital

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VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
League 1 Bundesliga

The Montpellier president had recently expressed growing dissatisfaction with the player’s lack of signal regarding an extension. « It’s not moving forward. I haven’t received an answer since I tried to extend it with him at the end of September, » the ‘Midi Libre’ newspaper quoted the 49-year-old as saying on Boxing Day. . The club boss is not ruling out a meeting, « but knows he will be approached by other clubs. » He said he was unsure if HSC would be able to follow up on potential European offers financially.

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22 Josip Brekalo | 16/17 from Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer fee: 10 million euros

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22 Daniel Giczek | 18/19 from VfB Stuttgart | Transfer fee: 10 million euros

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22 Jakub Kaminsky | 22/23 by Lech Poznan | Transfer fee: 10 million euros

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20 Wout Weghorst | 18/19 from AZ Alkmaar | Transfer fee: 10.5 million euros

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20 Obafemi Martins | 09/10 from Newcastle | Transfer fee: 10.5 million euros

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18 Landry Dimata | 17/18 from KV Ostend | Transfer fee: 11.5 million euros

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18 Jeffrey Bruma | 16/17 by PSV | Transfer fee: 11.5 million euros

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13 Jonah Wind | 21/22 from Copenhagen | Transfer fee: 12 million euros

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13 Max Kruse | 15/16 from Gladbach | Transfer fee: 12 million euros

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13 Fragrant Bazoer | 16/17 by Ajax | Transfer fee: 12 million euros

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13 Xavier Schlager | 19/20 by Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer fee: 12 million euros

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13 Luca Waldschmidt | 21/22 by Benfica | Transfer fee: 12 million euros

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10 Yannick Gerhardt | 16/17 of 1. FC Köln | Transfer fee: 13 million euros

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9 Sebastien Bornauw | 21/22 of 1. FC Köln | Transfer fee: 13.5 million euros

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7 Ignacio Camacho | 17/18 of Málaga FC | Transfer fee: 14 million euros

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The contracts of full-backs Paulo Otávio and Jérôme Roussillon expire at the end of the season (preview). In terms of defensive reinforcements, VfL have reportedly been linked with Portuguese Filipe Relvas from Portimonense, Fabiano Parisi from Empolis, Tim Breithaupt from Karlsruhe and Maximilian Mittelstädt from Hertha (all VfL rumors at a glance). Left-back Manu Sánchez, currently on loan from Atlético Madrid to CA Osasuna and for whom the « Wolves » recently banged in the Spanish capital, according to « Marca », is no longer a problem according to « Kicker ».



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As a result, the sporting management is focusing on Cozza, with whom an agreement has apparently already been reached on a change. If Montpellier’s replacement ideas are ‘in the appropriate range’, Wolfsburg want to take action in winter. However, the negotiations between the clubs have not advanced so far. According to ‘L’Équipe’, which also reports an agreement with Cozza, the French are demanding 1 million euros, and VfL have submitted an initial offer of 700,000 euros.

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Author: Jacqueline MANNESSIER