Gladbach striker Thuram's contract is expiring: Sell or keep? - Fans undecided

Around two months ago, those in charge at Gladbach, including sporting director Roland Virkus, were able to announce the contract extensions of Jonas Hofmann and Alassane Plea.FanQ reportedNegotiations with Marcus Thuram, whose contract expires in the summer of 2023, are proving more difficult, however. FanQ has therefore asked German football fans whether the ‚Foals‘ bosses should sell the striker in the winter for a certain transfer fee or keep him until the end of the season and his contract.

Bensebaini and Sommer also face uncertain futures.

Those in charge at Gladbach currently have a lot on their plate. For example, Marcus Thuram and Ramy Bensebaini's contracts are expiring. Negotiations to extend the contracts of the two professionals are progressing rather slowly, as confirmed by Sporting Director Roland Virkus. „We have limited influence there. There are certain financial limits in this club. Furthermore, I can't guarantee any player here that they will play internationally every year,“ the 55-year-old said in an interview with „dpa“.

Nevertheless, departures of the two key players are unlikely in the upcoming winter transfer window. „It is utopian to believe that you can still get vast sums for a player who only has half a year left on his contract. You have to weigh up what a player can still give you for half a year against what he brings you financially,“ explained Virkus, who took over from Max Eberl at the beginning of the year.

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In order to still receive a transfer fee for Thuram (market value: 20 million euros*) and Bensebaini (market value: 17 million euros), the ‚Foals‘ would have to sell the two professionals in the upcoming winter transfer window. The situation of the currently injured 33-year-old regular goalkeeper Yann Sommer, whose contract also expires next summer, is somewhat different. Given the goalkeeper's age, his market value is „only“ around five million euros. Therefore, the financial benefits would be only slight if Gladbach were to let the Swiss international go prematurely. „We are in talks with everyone. Completely open and transparent. I would be pleased if we could announce one or two more signings,“ said the sporting director of the Borussen hopefully.

Given the ongoing rumours surrounding him (FanQ reported) hat FanQ die die Fußballfans in Deutschland befragt, ob Borussia Mönchengladbach Marcus Thuram im Winter noch gegen eine entsprechende Ablösesumme ziehen lassen oder bis zum Ende der Spielzeit halten sollte. Die Anhänger sind dabei geteilter Meinung. So würden 39,58 % der Umfrageteilnehmer den Stürmer noch in der kommenden Wintertransferperiode gegen eine angemessene Ablösesumme abgeben. 36,46 % der Befragten würden den Franzosen hingegen bis zum Ablauf seines Kontrakts im Juli des nächsten Jahres halten. 16,67 % der Fans glauben sogar noch an eine Vertragsverlängerung des Offensivakteurs.

Market values according to estimations from „transfermarkt.de“