The €100m player and the local controversy

Florian Wirtz was the subject of a local transfer rivalry.

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[mahfuzali]

Then Cologne should've renewed his contract

[joegallagher]

Not having someone under contract is on you, if they Koln gave him an offer and leverkusen swooped in with a better one sure but koln knew they had a talent and either got lazy or cheap.

[battistoberhoel]

What everybody forgets about this story, is that this gentleman's agreement has already been "broken" before. Tim Handwerker was in Leverkusen's academy for 10 years, but signed for Köln in 2017. Nobody complained about that at the time, because they didn't sign him for their academy, but for the professional team. Its the same for Wirtz. Yet Köln fans will get mad at Leverkusen for doing the exact same as they did just a couple of years before.

[Tony_Baloni]

Koln not resigning was a huge missed opportunity

[Smithy]

Might be unpopular but if you were that keen on your own youth product why on earth did you allow the contract to run that low giving anyone the opportunity to sign. Yeah it sucks that it was with a team you had a “gentleman’s agreement” with but really anyone could’ve done the same…

[NUSL]

And now Köln (Cologne) play in the 2. Bundesliga whilst Leverkusen have just won the title with Wirtz being one of their star players

Good for him I guess

[paulibaer_]

This carries a lot of controversy. First, nobody really knows what has happened at Köln, not extending the contract as early as possible. Second, why wasn’t he given a senior contract at that stage. Third, it is usual and common courtesy to speak to the youth club before signing the player, technically he was still on contract at the time. Especially, the third thing is what makes Cologne furious. However, we can be sure that Wirtz wouldn’t be the top player, he is today, if he stayed at the chaos club across the river.

[Gabe]

Why did I think it was Bruno Guimarães from the pic ...

[tomatensoup]

cologne wasnt willing to give florian wirtz a professional contract despite his massive talent. So he and his family went to other clubs.

[Fake_Eli]

I think Wirtz wouldnt be top level if he stayed at Köln

[mortenfrosthansen]

Köln wouldn't sell any players, willingly, to neither Bayer, Borussia or Gladbach

[todayidraw]

It's no longer a youth contract, but professional contract

[hannthenan]

i think you should put a quicksilver exhaust on yours

[PraneshRaj-bx]

To everybody saying that Koln should've renewed his contract, obviously Wirtz would've joined Leverkusen, their team is miles better.

[hurhurhurgreg]

the way he pronounced controversy though💀

[MrHydrationVR]

What if Leverkusen listened to koln and stopped the transfer 😮😮😮

[MysteryGoalie]

It’s not cologne it’s köln
Not a hate comment

[jaysonjmkmundia]

Koln could have simply renewed his contact though

[cptmurphy]

why is there a cartoon of Anthony on the thumbnail? 😂

[Pepepepesjdje]

Koln made a mistake, but skirting a gentlemen’s agreement based on a technicality must defeat the point of a gentlemen’s agreement