Official | Werder Bremen loan Dawid Kownacki to Hertha, André Silva to receive second chance? | OneFootball

Werder Bremen have completed the deal to send Polish striker Dawid Kownacki to Hertha on loan. The former Polish international heads back to the 2. Bundesliga having only just returned from a loan stint with Fortuna Düsseldorf last season. Virtually all German footballing media outlets confirm that an automatic purchase option is part of the deal.

Kicker and Sport Bild both report that Bremen will receive a sum of approximately €2.5m for the player they once acquired on a free. The purchase option will be automatically triggered when Kownacki reaches a certain number of appearances. This should pose no problem for the 28-year-old, who has still been able to thrive at the 2. Bundesliga level.

From Hertha’s perspective, Kownacki’s signing heralds the end of rumors linking Hoffenheim striker Mërgim Berisha with a move to Charlottenburg. Kicker confirmed yesterday that the German capital city club had only tepid interest in the former German international and hadn’t tendered a concrete offer. Kownacki scored 13 2. Bundesliga goals for Düsseldorf last season.

In terms of what the transaction means for Bremen, the Hanseaten clearly had no faith in Kownacki anymore despite the fact that an injury to Marvin Ducksch leaves them in dire need of a number nine. The burning question as to how Bremen plan to cope with this problem yields a rather interesting rumor.

The club’s reliable Deichstube fan-site reports that Werder are actually interested in acquiring RB Leipzig’s André Silva on a permanent basis. The former Eintracht Frankfurt star came nowhere close to meeting expectations during his recent Bremen loan stint, but the north Germans may still want him.

Silva scored one goal (a penalty) in seven appearances for Ole Werner’s SV last spring. The Portuguese international also missed from the penalty spot and only logged six minutes as a sub in Bremen’s final eight league fixtures of the season.

It may nevertheless be the case that a club eager to make excuses for Silva might be prepared to make more. If nothing else, Silva could be procured on the cheap. The one-time €45m-valued player is only valued at €4m today.

Like another RB Leipzig striker who departed the Saxons this summer, Yussuf Poulsen, Silva must be willing to take a significant pay cut in order to potentially gain playing time. Salary issues have hampered Leipzig’s attempts to move their expensive transfer flop in the past.

GGFN | Peter Weis