Quelle und kompletter Text: fussballtransfers.comHSV nimmt Zweitliga-Keeper ins Visier
Der Hamburger SV hat ein Auge auf Torhüter Tobias Sippel geworfen. Nach Informationen der ‚Sport Bild‘ ist der 26-Jährige vom 1. FC Kaiserslautern ein heißer Kandidat für die Nachfolge von René Adler, der mit Hüftproblemen auf unbestimmte Zeit ausfällt.
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Laut der britischen Zeitung "The Times" hat der FC Arsenal Tobias Sippel im Blickfeld und prüft eine mögliche Verpflichtung im Sommer. Dem Artikel nach soll auch Benfica Lissabon interessiert sein.
Quelle und kompletter Text: thetimes.comWojciech Szczesny’s Arsenal career at risk of going up in puff of smoke
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Wenger is monitoring the situations of Loris Karius at Mainz and Tobias Sippel at Kaiserslautern, both of whose contracts expire in the summer, a more likely time than this month for any transfer to be conducted.
Wenger considers both goalkeepers good enough potentially to supplant Szczesny, whose status as Arsenal’s undisputed No 1 has been damaged by his errors on the pitch this season and his lack of professionalism in taking a cigarette into the showers after the match away to Southampton.
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Sippel, 26, has greater experience and more obvious pedigree, having shared under-21 duties with Manuel Neuer, his contemporary, until the final of the 2009 European Championship that Germany won. It was not long after that tournament that the Bayern Munich goalkeeper, who was playing for Schalke at the time, established himself in the senior national side.
Benfica are also interested in Sippel, which may cause Arsenal to spring into action this month, although a summer move remains more likely.
Wenger faces a difficult decision over whether to recall Szczesny, but that remains the most likely outcome. Ospina did nothing wrong after taking Szczesny’s place against Hull, although he was not really tested and has not yet played in the Premier League after his arrival from Nice last summer.
Ospina was due to play in the FA Cup anyway as part of Wenger’s squad rotation, regardless of Szczesny’s actions, although the No 1 goalkeeper’s form has been poor and there was a case for dropping him even before his two errors against Southampton. (...)
