Hoffenheim poised to sign two defenders, Plettenberg reports

Having shored up their attack via the signings of Adam Hlozek and Haris Tabakovic, it now appears as if the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim front office will complete a double signing of two defensive signings within the next few days. German transfer guru Florian Plettenberg reports that the Kraichgauer are set to bring in French right-back Valentin Gendrey from US Lecce and Croatian center back Robin Hranac from Viktoria Pilsen.

Both Gendrey and Hranac will be purchased for transfer fees in the €9-million-range, well above the estimated market worth of the respective players. The combined €18 million signings will plunge the Sinsheimer estimated transfer balance this offseason deep into the red. Hoffenheim have profited from the sale of Maximilian Beier, but have already spent a combined €32 million on Hlozek, Tabakovic, and Alexander Prass.

Apart from Beier, Hoffenheim's only other inlay this season was attacker Julian Justvan. The 26-year-old was sold to Nürnberg on Tuesday for a reported €1 million. It was nevertheless also reported on Tuesday that the Sinsheimers banked an additional €8 million as part of a re-sale clause attached to Georginio Rutter. Plettenberg claims that Hranac and Gendrey will report to Sinsheim this weekend for medicals.