Semir Telalovic has played himself into the focus of the professional team with his performances in Gladbach’s second team. His retention is tied to one condition.
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23s are playing a strong season in the Regionalliga West and will probably finish the round in second place. A key factor in their success: Semir Telalovic.
The 23-year-old striker has already been involved in 25 goals and ranks third in the Regionalliga scorers’ list. He has scored 12 times himself and has 13 assists. Especially with his ten goals in the first half of the season, Telalovic shot himself into the focus of the professional team.
At the end of January, the German-Bosnian made his debut in the Bundesliga, and since then he has made two more short appearances. Last weekend against VfB Stuttgart (1:2), Telalovic didn’t need much to score his first professional goal – in injury time, he narrowly failed with a long-range shot.
And the attacker has obviously smelt a rat. After the defeat in Stuttgart, he said, according to the Rheinische Post: “If I stay with Borussia next season, it will be with the professionals. If not, we’ll have to see. “
Telalovic is tied to Gladbach’s U23s until 2024, has no professional contract so far, but is currently being given the chance to prove himself. He will also be part of the squad for the home match against VfL Bochum on Saturday (15.30, RS-Liveticker).
Whether Borussia can or wants to offer the Ehingen-born player a perspective beyond the summer with regular playing time in the top flight remains questionable, however. After the certain departure of Marcus Thuram, Gladbach will sign at least one new striker. But even if things do not go up for Telalovic at the Niederrhein, he has good prospects for a future in professional football.
“I think he can definitely help teams in the third division. If it’s not even better for him to go straight to the second division, because football is played differently there,” U23 coach Eugen Polanski had already said about the goal scorer last autumn to RS.
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