Four years ago, Borussia Monchengladbach signed two players for a combined fee of around $22 million. Remy Bensebaini and Marcus Thuram joined the ambitious Bundesliga club from Rennes and Guingamp, respectively, to reach a new level and help the club compete in the Champions League. And so they did. But at the end of the season, they will both leave without the club receiving a shilling.Okumu readies up for crunch Europa tie against West HamIt may be unfortunate, but that’s the reality. Borussia failed to arrange new contracts for the Algerian left-back and French forward and will miss out on substantial transfer fees. The club’s sporting director Roland Virkus is under fire after the latest pair departed Borussia-Park without signing new terms.”We had an open exchange with both players and knew the current status. It’s a shame they won’t renew their expiring contracts because both have given us a lot in the last four years. And we also understand that our fans are disappointed that they won’t be staying.” ##NAJAVA_MECA_7171995##Captain Lars Stindl also decided to leave the club on a free transfer and put yet more pressure on Virkus. The troubled recruiter asked the fans to respect the players and support them until the rest of the season.”But it has always been part of our strategy in recent years to bring in such talented players, develop them, and eventually let them go because we can’t keep them forever. Ideally, these transfers generate an attractive transfer fee. Of course, it’s not ideal that this is not the case now. But they are both players who can make a difference. Both of them have helped us in the past and are still contributing today. That’s why, despite all the legitimate disappointment, they deserve a proper send-off.” News #Thuram & #Bensebaini: Both players will leave @borussia after this season as free agents – as boss Virkus has already announced. Bensebaini will join @BVB as revealed. It’s all signed and done. @SkySportDE 🇩🇿🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/9zJiduoVkA— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) April 13, 2023 As Gladbach bids farewell to these key players, fans and club management alike will be keeping a keen eye on Virkus’ strategic moves in the upcoming transfer window to replenish the team’s talent pool and maintain their competitive edge in the Bundesliga. The financial hit will take some recovering for the club that’s currently stuck in mid-table, eight points adrift of European places.Inter Milan, Manchester United and Chelsea have been linked with Thuram, while Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid want to sign Bensebaini. Undoubtedly, more clubs will be associated with an interest in the pair of soon-to-be free agents.
