The midfielder has added simplicity to Effzeh’s squad since arriving from Nice and has a nickname that might stick
One start and two substitute appearances in, and he is already being lauded as Der Zauberzwerg – the magic dwarf – for FC Köln. Vincent Koziello was one of the most wrong-footing signings of the Bundesliga’s winter window, a player heavily linked with Arsenal and even Barcelona in the past, a mini-Xavi cutting a swathe on the Côte d’Azur before arriving at the bottom club.
He has, however, had to bide his time. “Vincent arrived just after we won against Gladbach,” coach Stefan Ruthenbeck recalled last week. “He hadn’t been playing much in Nice. We didn’t have any friendlies to integrate him. That’s why I said right away that we’ll bring him in when the time is right. That could be against Leipzig at the weekend.”
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Mainz 1-1 Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim 1-1 Freiburg, Stuttgart 1-0 Eintracht, Hannover 96 0-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich 0-0 Hertha Berlin, Werder Bremen 1-0 Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Schalke, RB Leipzig 1-2 Köln. Monday fixture: Borussia Dortmund v Augsburg
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