Bundesliga switch: Cole Campbell set for move to TSG Hoffenheim | OneFootball

After Pascal Groß, who already celebrated a 20-minute comeback with Brighton & Hove Albion in the 2-0 victory against FC Burnley on Saturday, the next player at Borussia Dortmund is on the verge of departure. It is no longer unexpected that Cole Campbell is leaving BVB. However, the new club of the US talent is at least a little surprising.

After Campbell was recently mainly linked with SV Elversberg, and there was also rumored interest from the Belgian clubs FC Brugge and RSC Anderlecht, the 19-year-old is now moving within the Bundesliga – not to Eintracht Frankfurt or VfB Stuttgart, who had shown interest in the summer, but to TSG Hoffenheim.

Loan with Purchase Option

As reported by "Sky" reporter Patrick Berger, BVB sporting director Sebastian Kehl and his Hoffenheim counterpart Andreas Schicker agreed on the terms of the transfer on Saturday evening. Campbell will initially join TSG for a loan fee of 1.5 million euros until the end of the season, after which they could exercise a purchase option. Should a permanent transfer occur, the total package of loan fee and transfer fee would amount to a little over ten million euros.

Campbell will leave Dortmund's training camp in Marbella today, Sunday, and fly directly to Girona, where Hoffenheim is preparing for the second half of the season. In the TSG camp, the US junior national player is also expected to undergo the mandatory medical check. If no unexpected problems arise, an official announcement from both clubs could be made later in the day.

Campbell, who joined BVB's youth team from Breidablik Kopavogur in Iceland in 2022, leaves the club with only five Bundesliga appearances. Further appearances in the black and yellow jersey are rather unlikely.

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