Hertha emerge as potential takers for Werder Bremen’s Dawid Kownacki | OneFootball

Sport Bild reports that Hertha BSC may be willing to take Polish striker Dawid Kownacki off Werder Bremen’s hands. The 28-year-old looks to be headed to the 2. Bundesliga again after spending last season on loan with his former club Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Kownacki scored 13 goals and registered seven assists for Fortuna in the German second division last year. Despite this, Kownacki’s Bundesliga club still doesn’t consider him a serious option for the attack this year; not even after lead striker Marvin Ducksch incurred a serious injury.

A player possessing undoubted potential, Kownacki continues to struggle realizing it. Kownacki scored four Bundesliga goals whilst representing Düsseldorf in the first division during the 2018/19 campaign.

He’s not scored in the German top flight since. Kownacki went without a tally in the top flight during Düsseldorf’s 2019/20 relegation campaign. He also couldn’t score for Bremen in 22 Bundesliga deployments during the 2023/24 season.

Kownacki’s estimated market value plummeted from his career high of €9m in 2019 to a Nadir of €1.5m in 2022. Over the last three years, however, the seven-times-capped international has raised his value back up to €2.5m.

Sport Bild claims that Werder are seeking a transfer fee of €3.5m from the Charlottenburger. Naturally, Hertha would be more amenable to a loan deal with modest and reasonable fees attached.

GGFN | Peter Weis