Halland is set to move to Manchester City to enter the Premier League next season, following a temporary agreement between the two teams on a deal worth around € 75m in penalties, not including his salary, which will be one at the highest in the English Premier League. Haaland is looking to increase his tally before the clock after scoring 61 goals in 66 Bundesliga appearances and 85 goals in 88 appearances in various competitions since he arrived in Dortmund in January 2020. It will also be the last fight for the club’s sporting director Michael Zork, who is leaving the corridors of Dortmund after 44 years since joining in 1978.
At a time when the match is considered marginal for the Yellow-Blacks, who guarantee their participation in the Champions League next season, which will end second among Bayern’s champions in Wolfsburg, be it life or death. for the Berlin club, which is in fifteenth place with 33 points. They are 3 points ahead of Stuttgart in 16th place, giving them a play-off advantage. Although Berlin have a chance to avoid relegation, the goal difference is not in their favor, which will lead them to fall behind Stuttgart if the latter win Cologne and lose to Dortmund. On paper, Hertha Berlin’s mission looks difficult as the numbers show they have not won at Dortmund since 2013. Capital club coach Felix Magath confirmed his team is “ready” for the worst situation when they have to go to field. left to avoid relegation, telling the Bild newspaper: “I have been preparing for this scenario since the first day I came here” after Hertha picked him up in March to save him from relegation. For his part, his US-Italian counterpart Pellegrino Matarazzo, the Stuttgart coach, said that “his team will do the job” when they face Cologne at home.
All matches in the final round will now be played at the same time at 4 p.m.
On the other hand, Freiburg, fifth with 55 points, is still hoping to get into the top four when they face third -placed Bayer Leverkusen (61) to secure a spot in the Champions League. Freiburg remained a strong contender in the race for a place in continental competition for the first time in its history, until they lost at home to Union Berlin (1-4) in the final period and dropped to fifth place, two points. behind Leipzig, their rivals in the cup final on the 21st of this month. Freiburg will lose the efforts of his defender Nico Schlutterbeck, who will move to Borussia Dortmund for 20 million euros. The 22-year-old center-back is looking to leave his skill in the green box after his brilliance has faded since announcing the move earlier this month.
Freiburg’s hopes of the Champions League were dashed when the club conceded three goals in their third consecutive game over the weekend, but manager Christian Streische defended rising star Schlutterbeck, saying: “He’s young and ambitious and it’s okay for him to make mistakes sometimes.” .
On the other hand, Leipzig is seen as one of the brightest candidates to retain their fourth place in the Champions League qualifiers, as they will play an easy against the role against the penultimate position holders. Armenia Bielefeld, knows that the latter remains a thin fiber. in relegation, but in the playoffs, because the goal difference is in his favor, but he must first win his last fight and wait for the opponents to fall.
Union Berlin, sixth, two points behind Freiburg, aims to defend the chances of qualifying for Europa League competition at home and celebrate the achievement of participation in the continental competition with its fans in the second row. years as it salutes Bochum XI.
Union Berlin is two points ahead of Colin VII, who is aiming to enter competition in the Conference League next year in a frenzy for final places in Europe.
