Reports: With starting role in mind, Hertha plan to keep Lukebakio
Reporting from Hertha BSC training camp, Steffan Rohr reports that the coaching regime of Sandro Schwarz plans to keep (and very likely start) Belgian winger Dodi Lukebakio this season.
Germany's main sporting tabloid confirms that "die alte Dame" are not interested in any offers for the 24-year-old.
Germany's main sporting tabloid confirms that "die alte Dame" are not interested in any offers for the 24-year-old.
| Dodi Lukebakio and Marcel Halstenberg. | Photo: GEPA Pictures/Roger Petzsche/POOL via Picture Point |
Bobic has brought in many players qualified to play on the left-hand-side of Schwarz's probable 4-3-3. DOng-Jun Lee, Kelian Nona, Myziane Maolida and the most recently acquired Chidera Ejuke can all serve on that flank. Matters on the right are a bit more complicated as Marco Richter's recovery timetable from testicular cancer cannot be foreseen. It is such that Lukebakio is slotted in for a starting position on that right flank, irrespective of whether Schwarzx utilizes a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2.
Rohr states that Germany's Charlottenburg capital city side has roundly rejected offers for Lukebakio from Olympiakos Piraeus. Germany's main sporting tabloid confirms this and also emphasizes that Schwarz has been very pleased with the player's training camp. The player himself is said to fell comfortable back in the fold at "die alte Dame" and does not wish to move.
