The squad restructuring at SG Wattenscheid 09 began before Christmas. The first addition is fixed, five players are allowed to leave the club. RS knows the names of the players.

Umut Yildiz is the name of SG Wattenscheid 09’s first winter signing, the winger returning to his old club from TuS Bövinghausen. Forecasting reported on this transfer on Thursday (December 21).

Even before the canceled and last Clarholz game before the winter break, Engin Yavuzaslan had emphasized to Forecasting: “We’re making no secret of the fact that we’re going to do something in terms of personnel. We don’t yet know how many players it will ultimately be.”

According to RS information, two other Bövinghausen players, Niklas Lübcke and Nico Thier, are also being considered at the Lohrheide.

It remains to be seen how many players will follow Yildiz. However, it is also clear that current players will have to make way for new arrivals. Here too, the Wattenscheid coach emphasized. “We will reduce the squad. “

Forecasting has learned that the sporting management around Coach Yavuzaslan and Head of Sport Hartmut Fahnenstich have informed Lars Holm, Ahmed Kulalic, Blerton Muharremi, Yutaro Ichimura and Oluremi Martins Williams that they will no longer play a sporting role and will be allowed to look for new clubs in January 2024.

The playing time of the strikers was also limited Kulalic did not play at all, Holm made 90 appearances, Muharremi 428, Ichimura 224 and Williams 753.

As bottom of the Oberliga Westfalen, Wattenscheid must start a race to catch up in the new year. Then probably with further additions alongside Yildiz.

Coach Yavuzaslan knows exactly what future Wattenscheid players need to be made of. Yavuzaslan emphasized: “You always have pressure at Wattenscheid. The fans expect, and rightly so, that the team marches to the front in the home games. The players have to deal with the pressure and be able to cope with it. That’s Wattenscheid. Anyone who can’t handle it is out of place here. “