Exclusive: VfB Stuttgart interested in LAFC winger Kwadwo Opoku

Published on: 09 June 2023

 

German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart is interested in Los Angeles FC winger Kwadwo Opoku Footballghana.com can exclusively report. 

The Swabians have been monitoring the pacey winger for a long time and they want to finally move swiftly to sign him this summer.

Los Angeles FC and VfB Stuttgart are currently in contact but no bid has been made by the Germans.

Los Angeles FC will likely demand a transfer fee of 3.7 to 4.8 million euros. Opoku's contract with LAFC runs till the end of the year and the club could extend it.

Stuttgart wants to replace the departing Tanguy Coulibaly with Kwadwo Opoku who can play on both wings and as a striker.

The 21-year-old has received a call up to Ghana's squad for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Opoku has been phenomenal for Los Angeles last season and this season, seeing him win the 2022 Major League Soccer title and the 2022 Supporters' Shield.

In their 2022 title winning Major League Soccer campaign, Opoku Mahala scored 7 goals and provided two assists in 34 games, starting 20 of them.

This season, he has scored two goals and provided an assist in 13 games; 11 as a starter.

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