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Köln eye Gudjohnsen

Newly promoted Cologne are looking to sign a big star ahead of their return to the top flight of German football and it has emerged that Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen is high on their wanted list.

“We need one or two new signings that will really improve our squad” trainer Christoph Daum told ‘Express’. “We are looking at players that you are usually used to seeing in the Champions League” he added.

Icelandic striker Eidur Gudjohnsen is one of the targets Cologne have identified. Capped 50 times by his country, the 29 year old will be allowed to leave Barcelona this summer having struggled to achieve anything more than a reserve role with the Catalan giants.

Barca have already announced that they are going to radically change their squad before next season and Gudjohnsen looks to be one of the first to be sacrificed. That he is leaving is no secret, it is just a question of destination.

Daum refuses to be drawn on names however and will not comment on the link with Gudjohnsen.

“I never talk about potential transfer targets in public” he explained.

“But we have to consider the improbable and expand our transfer horizons.”

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