Max Kruse moves to Paderborn

Max Kruse is shifting to SC Paderborn inside the second Bundesliga and wants to lead the club into the primary division. The East Westphalian club did now not explicitly announce the settlement duration of the previous German national player on Tuesday, but seemingly the 35-12 months-antique will initially get hold of a contract for one season.

“The talks had been very, superb right from the start and satisfied me,” stated Kruse, who received the shirt variety 10: “I’m actually into football, I’m hungry for success and want to attack with SC Paderborn 07 at the pinnacle!” Paderborn’s sports director Benjamin Weber explained: “Max’s footballing features and intention intuition are undisputed. We may also gain substantially from his management strength and his revel in at countrywide and international degree.”

Kruse changed into retired by means of coach Niko Kovac at VfL Wolfsburg in November last yr. His CV consists of 14 A worldwide matches and participation inside the Olympic Games in Tokyo. He performed 370 first and 2d department games for Wolfsburg, 1. FC Union Berlin, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen, SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli. Kruse scored 117 desires.

The opinionated professional additionally again and again made headlines off the field. Most recently, he earned his money with poker tournaments. At the Olympics, he proposed to his lady friend in front of the cameras.