Salih Özcan leaves his future at the Bundesliga club 1. FC Cologne further open. “I told my adviser that they should leave me alone with water level messages because I have a free head and wants to play the season well,” said the 24-year-old on Wednesday in the SKY -interview.

A decision on a possible extension of his contract, which ends in the summer of 2023, will not exist until the end of the season – also with regard to the European Cocal dreams of the club, which has five gaming days before the end of the season’s promising opportunities to the second European League participation after 2017.

The midfielder had last decided for the Turkish national team – and against the DFB. “Hansi Flick has invited me and we talked about it that I should do my thoughts about a decision in peace,” says Özcan.

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But he did not look great for the competition in the DFB team. At Flick, which he has known from the U teams for several years, a disappointment had been felt. “He has accepted the decision but with great respect and wanted me all the best,” emphasized Özcan, who debuted at the end of March for the Turkish national team under the German coach Stefan Kuntz.