{"id":1065,"date":"2026-07-17T16:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:53:03","slug":"fc-koln-to-prioritise-edson-alvarez-deal-ellyes-skhiri-will-have-to-wait-for-his-return-to-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"FC K\u00f6ln to prioritise Edson Alvarez deal – Ellyes Skhiri will have to wait for his return to the club"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FC K\u00f6ln will prioritise the transfer of Edson <\/span>\u00c1lvarez<\/span>, with Ellyes Skhiri waiting to make his return to the club, reports <\/span>Florian Plettenburg<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Cathedral Club have agreed a move in principle with the West Ham United defender<\/span><\/a>, with the player also keen on the move. However, one possible issue for the club could be <\/span>\u00c1lvarez\u2019s <\/span>salary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For <\/span>K\u00f6ln<\/span>, signing \u00c1lvarez would be a major coup. Their pursuit of the Mexican could be aided by Tim Steidten, the club\u2019s squad planner, who worked for West Ham and was responsible for bringing \u00c1lvarez to England in 2023.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, the Bundesliga aren\u2019t going to give up on the Mexican and will do everything they can to get the deal over the line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Eintracht Frankfurt\u2019s Ellyes Skhiri, this means he will have to play the waiting game<\/span><\/a>. The former K\u00f6ln player is keen to move back, with Frankfurt happy to sell him for between \u20ac1.5m-\u20ac2m. In terms of a deal for Skhiri, salary wouldn\u2019t be an issue, unlike <\/span>\u00c1lvarez.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s already been a busy summer for Cologne, who are undergoing a rebuild following the departure of Lukas Kwasniok in March 2026. They\u2019ve already secured a move for N\u00fcrnberg\u2019s Luka Lochoshvili and have signed Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and Tom Krau\u00df on a permanent basis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

GGFN | <\/span>Jamie Allen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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4 FC K\u00f6ln will prioritise the transfer of Edson \u00c1lvarez, with Ellyes Skhiri waiting to make his return to the club, reports Florian Plettenburg.\u00a0 The Cathedral Club have agreed a move in principle with the West Ham United defender, with the player also keen on the move. However, one possible issue for the club could…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsgermany.com\/assets\/mexico-v-england-round-of-16-fifa-world-cup-2026-1024x759.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2173,1267,8,2172,2174,1560,2171,1636,2175,2176],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-alvarez","tag-club","tag-deal","tag-edson","tag-ellyes","tag-koln","tag-prioritise","tag-return","tag-skhiri","tag-wait"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}