Stuttgart just got hit with some brutal news: their new designated No. 1 keeper, Dennis Seimen, is out for at least the first four matchdays of the upcoming Bundesliga campaign. A hamstring injury means he’ll be sidelined through, at a minimum, the end of September. Talk about a gut punch before the season even starts.
Stuttgart’s Goalie Plan Just Blew Up
This is a huge problem because Seimen was set to inherit the starting role from the departed Alexander Nübel. The club had their personnel planning for the goalkeeper spot “largely complete,” according to chief personnel executive Fabian Wohlgemuth. Now, they’re “scrambling to deal with the shock news,” and who wouldn’t be? This is the absolute “worst possible time” for an injury like this.
Who Steps Up? And What’s Next?
So, what are their options? Stuttgart does have Fabian Bredlow, an experienced backup keeper at 31 years old with 37 Bundesliga appearances. He often played as the DFB Pokal starter, so he’s not totally green. They also just signed Marius Funk as their No. 3, who collected eight German top-flight appearances while playing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Still, Wohlgemuth told Kicker that this is “definitely bad news” and they are “open to signing another keeper” during the current summer transfer window. He said, “Even without Dennis, we have a lot of quality in our goalkeeping squad. We’ll still need to discuss in the coming days whether we’ll be active on the transfer market again.” It sounds like they’re weighing their current options against the pressure of replacing a projected starter right before opening day. They’ve got some big decisions to make, and fast.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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