Wolfsburg step up efforts to acquire West Ham’s Niclas Füllkrug

Kicker reports that VfL Wolfsburg are getting serious about acquiring West Ham striker Niclas Füllkrug on loan. Wolfsburg have been actively courting the 32-year-old for some time. Füllkrug has still not scored a goal for his Premier League outfit this season. If the 24-times-capped German international wishes to retain his hopes of representing Germany at the World Cup, a change of scenery is probably for the best.

Füllkrug is a native of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The Hannover native would presumably feel right at home in Wolfsburg. The Autostädter find themselves in dire need of a boost. With just two wins through 12 matchdays, Germany’s green company team sit in 15th place in the table. The club finds itself without both a permanent head coach and a sporting director following the sackings of Paul Simonis and Sebastian Schindzielorz.

Current VfL managing director Peter Christiansen has been attempting to install a sporting director, yet has been turned down by candidates such as Andreas Schicker and Marcus Mann. Something speaking against the Füllkrug deal may be the fact that – as potentially good a fit as it is – the former Werder Bremen striker may not be all that interested in joining such a disorganized outfit.

GGFN | Peter Weis