Leverkusen attacker Joel Pohjanpalo before switching to Turkey
On Saturday he did it again. At Finland's 1: 0 Success in the World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan , Joel Pohjanpalo secured the three points with his goal to the European Championship participant , which his land ranked 2 in the group D Hievten. It was Pohjanpalos eleventh hits in his 47th country game. His balance in the Bundesliga looks similarly good: 13 times the 26-year-old, who often had only the Joker role in the club, had the torn net in a total of 41 firstligue inserts. His prospects to come in Leverkusen on regular operating times are still low. Behind EM-Torjäger Patrick Schick and its deluxe backup, the Argentine international Lucas Alario, the Finn is only center-to-door number 3 in the squad. But that will probably change quickly - because PohjanPalo likes to leave the factory club shortly. The Turkish club Ricepor wants to borrow the attacker. The talks are far advanced, the final agreement is still out. While no change in Germany has been possible in Germany...