Schröder: Gladbach’s Elvedi hunt meets duck‑rumor hurdle
Sport director Rouven Schröder confirmed that Borussia Mönchengladbach will lose Swiss defender Nico Elvedi to Leeds United in the Premier League and that the club is already hunting a replacement for the central‑defence hub, dismissing recent transfer gossip as a classic ‘duck’.
Elvedi's exit and the financial picture
The 29‑year‑old Schweizer joined the Verein from FC Zürich in 2015, marking a decade‑long stay in the Niederrhein before undertaking a Medizincheck at Leeds United. He seeks a new sportliche Herausforderung in England, and the English side is set to pay a fixed Ablösesumme of rund zehn Millionen Euro. Borussia also secured a 15 Prozent sell‑on clause and the player will sign a contract running to 2029.
Search for the Elvedi‑Nachfolger
Trainer Eugen Polanski refrained from fielding Elvedi in the recent 2:1 Testspiel‑Sieg gegen Aston Villa to avoid risking injury to the Abwehrzentrale. Earlier, Polanski had tried to retain the player by offering the vice‑captaincy, but Elvedi’s desire to leave prevailed.
Schröder, the Sportchef, stressed the need for a gestandener Innenverteidiger, noting the Lücke left in the Abwehr after Elvedi’s departure. In the Villa test, 19‑year‑old Jan Leszczynski stepped in, delivering a very unaufgeregte Leistung.
Rumours and realistic options
Recent Gerücht about Uruguayan Nahuel Herrera from CA Peñarol and Swiss Karim Sow were labelled by Schröder as a classic Ente – nothing to them. The club had reportedly prepared a Kaufangebot of rund sieben Millionen Euro after rejecting a loan.
Schröder added that the sporting Führung is working on prepared Lösungen, covering Altersstruktur, Erfahrung and Ambitionen. He highlighted that they have 15‑16 Tage left to clarify matters and will proceed step by step.
Potential defensive recruits
Among the candidates, 29‑year‑old Phil Neumann of Birmingham City brings almost 190 Profispiele, while 22‑year‑old Roggerio Nyakossi of Oud‑Heverlee Leuven, captain of the Swiss U21, holds a contract until 2027 and could add physicality to the Defensive line‑up.
The final decision on the Elvedi‑Nachfolger will come before the Ende of the transfer window, shaping the Nachfolge of the central defence for the Verein.