Mainz confirm Marcus Ingvartsen capture: "We will use him as a striker."
FSV Mainz 05 confirmed the acquisition of Danish attacker Marcus Ingvartsen on loan from Union Berlin on Monday evening.
| Marcus Ingvartsen. | Photo: Mainz 05 |
Ingvartsen will work under countryman Bo Svensson in the Pfalz. Mainz's trainer gave some insight into how he planned to use his new acquisition tactically in a statement published on the club's website.
"Marcus has consistently proven his quality in the Bundesliga in recent years, but at a different position than we have in mind for him," Svensson noted, "We will use him as a striker in Mainz. With Marcus, we get a player entering his prime. He has a lot of passion for our project, brings a lot of footballing quality, and is also a great guy."
"I had really great discussions with Mainz," the player noted in his own statement, "the position in which Mainz wants to use me suits me. I'm a trained striker, and that's the role I feel most comfortable in."
Urs Fischer mostly used Ingvartsen as a buttressing eight in his 3-3-2-2 (or 3-5-2 double stack) set-up. Sometimes the Dane was used on the flanks. He did tally eight times in two seasons in Köpenick. A product of the FC Nordsjælland academy, Ingvartsen did score seventeen goals in his Denmark U21 career.
Für alle, die vorhin mal 30 Sekunden nicht online waren. Jetzt ist es offiziell: Herzlich willkommen, Marcus Ingvartsen! 😍 Wir leihen den 25-jährigen gelernten Stürmer bis Saisonende mit Kaufoption von @fcunion aus! Alle Infos: https://t.co/LHOxsxdgiV #mainz05 pic.twitter.com/5iEAWDXBjH
— 1. FSV Mainz 05 (@1FSVMainz05) August 30, 2021
