Landon Donovan / Bayer Leverkusen: No real news here. It just is reported that in case of relegation Bayer has to save 25 to 30 M Euro. This sum will be saved by selling Lucio (estimated 20 M) and saving his salary as well as the ones of Schneider, Butt, Neuville and Bastürk. This should be 30 M and further restrictions like a Donovan sale shouldn’t be necessary. Tim Howard / Bayer Leverkusen: Don’t be shocked, this is just referring to the speculation of some. For the case of relegation it is no secret that Jörg Butt will leave Leverkusen. Probably he won’t find a roster spot in Germany as with Bremen also the latest club seems to have found a different solution (but Butt will leave, my guess is to England where he’d be a top keeper). He would be replaced by some older guy like Kaiserslautern’s backup Georg Koch, who would stay in goal for one or two years and then roam his spot for Bayer’s young prospects. So, long sentences, short clue: no roster space for Howard in Leverkusen. Conor Casey / Borussia Dortmund: Kicker reported about Borussia not spending money on big transfers this year (they already sold their stadium to have enough money to pay their overpaid roster). What sounds good for Casey on the first sight, is turning bad by reading the plans: Dortmund wants to move up 18 year old top forward prospect Sahr Senesie of the own youth roster, which means that Casey hardly has a chance on the first team. These plans simultaneously mean that the chances on a sale or loan increase. Tony Sanneh / 1.FC Nuremberg: No doubt that he stays, but Nuremberg will relegate and don’t have their 2.Bundesliga licence secure yet. They need a transfer plus of 4 M, Sanneh is no option in this poker (Jarolim and Krzynowek will leave). Problem for Sanneh comes to exist if Nuremberg doesn’t get the licence as then Sanneh would be without contract and due to his back problems without chance to sign one at the moment. Gregg Berhalter / Energie Cottbus: Article Excerpt: The thoughts of [GM] Klaus Stabach are directed to the next season. “We are complete in the defence. We are looking for an attacking mid and a fourth forward next to Topic, Vagner and Jungnickel.” Energie does not have to worry about their 2.Bundesliga defence. With US-Boy Gregg Berhalter and the Brazilian Vragel da Silva, who both are close to signing the new contract, with the returning Christian Beeck and Rayk Schröder, plus Marcel Rozgonyi they have five candidates for the two spots in the central defence. Schröder, who could not play a single game this season due to torn ACL, is also an alternative for the defensive midfield. The new signed Björn Brunnemann (Hansa Rostock Reserves) and Benjamin Schöckel (VfR Aalen) are fighting for the right backer spot, while Hungarian national player Zsolt Löw gets a new rival with Union Berlin’s Ronny Nikol for the left backer position. Cory Gibbs / FC St Pauli: Article Excerpt: St Pauli gave up. “That was the relegation”, said President Corny Littmann after the 4:3 of LR Ahlen against Mainz. “Now we are planning for Regionalliga”, said GM Stephan Beutel. Coach Franz Gerber: “We have to enforce the personnel planings, we’re already very late with that.” The future looks everything but bright, although Hamburg’s senate will solve the licence trouble by giving a 2 M guarantee. The D3 roster only contains seven players so far, and only US defender Cory Gibbs is a regular starter. All others are either youth players or from the D4 reserves. No external player could be convinced to come to the Millerntor yet. None of the pro players has a new offer to play D3. There is a giant difference between the claims of the club officials (direct promotion) and the current situation… Jacob Thomas / Eintracht Braunschweig: Article Excerpt: Problems are still in the attack. “For Sambo Choji the season is over”, says [Coach] Reinders about his best striker. And regarding Jacob Thomas, who has several offers despite of a valid contract, it won’t be decided before Friday whether or not he can play [torn muscle]… John van Buskirk / Sportfreunde Siegen: After the lost points in court, Siegen is in relegation trouble more than ever before. In the Wednesday morning unit, John van Buskirk suffered an ankle injury – until now it is not clear how serious it is.
I don't hope that he'll have to stay. Doesn't look good for him as they don't have other players to build a team upon. If someone offers a transfer sum, then Pauli might think about it though.