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Report: Johannsson to leave Werder Bremen

Aron Johannsson’s time with Werder Bremen looks to be coming to an end.

According to Die DeichStube, the American forward will be leaving the club in the summer.

Johannsson has reportedly been training individually to prepare himself for his next move, as he has been out of favor at Bremen for some time. The report included a video of Johannason doing shooting drills with Bremen assistant coach Tim Borowski.

Johannsson joined Bremen in 2015 from Dutch side AZ Alkamaar. He scored four goals in 28 appearances for the club, including one appearance for Werder Bremen II, the club’s reserve side which plays in the fourth division of German soccer.

Johannsson’s poor display at Bremen is not for lack of talent, however. He’s been plagued with injury woes for much of his time in Germany which has affected his progress for both club and country.

Johannsson has suffered a plethora of injuries since he joined Bremen. This includes ankle issues which kept Johannsson out Werder Bremen’s preseason camp last summer, as well as a ligament injury which kept the forward from participating in the last games of Bremen’s 2018 campaign.

Last November, Bremen announced that Johannsson’s ankle injuries had persisted, and that he would undergo surgery to fix them. The operation would keep him out for three months. Since his return, Johannsson has been out of Bremen’s regular 18, pushing the move.

Out of favor at Bremen since 2017, Johannsson has been linked to a number of clubs in the past. The Philadelphia Union, whose sporting director Earnie Stewart came from AZ Alkmaar in 2015, is reported to have been interested in the 28-year-old. Real Salt Lake has also expressed interest.

 

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  1. He’d be absolute money for an MLS team in need of a finisher with intelligent link-up ability. If I had a team that was already strong through the midfield and didn’t rely on lumping longballs to fast guys over the top I’d be taking a hard, hard look at Johannssen as at least a lower-tier DP because the guy is a much better version of Wondo and for the right team he could easily drop in 20 a year. Yes, he’s a little injury-prone, but sometime that’s just being snakebit, too.

    I think a lot of the guy, myself, and I think it was injuries far more than ability that kept him from establishing himself like he might have with the USMNT. For the money – and for the fact that he doesn’t take up an International slot – he’d be HIGH on my wish list if I was an MLS GM.

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    • If I was an MLS GM, I’d have a tough time bringing him to my team hill he has proven he can stay mostly healthy for a season somewhere else. As much talent as he has, this guy’s injury problems are beyond bad. And would you really spend a DP spot on a guy who has scarcely played a first team game in 3+ years anywhere? We are all assuming he is still the same player but not much data to go on

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  2. tbh, i wouldn’t be surprised to see him pop up on Breidablik’s squad in Iceland.
    they’re in the running for Úrvalsdeild’s Champions League spot right now and desperately need strikers.

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  3. I thought he should have left at least a year ago, but I’m guessing that the money at Bremen was good, maybe better than he would get in Holland. If he wants to play, he definitely would be better off in Holland or MLS. He should be able to be a regular in either league if he stays healthy.

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  4. not that it matters much, but those numbers are a little off.
    here’s a breakdown:
    (27) Bundesliga appearances for Bremen (4 goals, 4 assists)
    (1) Pokal appearance for Bremen (1 goal)
    (2) Regionalliga appearances for Bremen II
    (1) 3.Liga appearance for Bremen II

    so 31 appearances total if we’re including WBII

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  5. a lot of it comes down to is he healthy or long term broken a la Holden or O’Brien, but in his heyday he was scoring in qualifiers, on the world cup 23, and a technician arguably better than some of the other choices at hand. so he needs to go someplace he will be used, stay healthy, and show something. i’d say holland or mls.

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    • Definitley agree! Jurgen had a hard time properly fitting him in but Ice Man was our best clinical finisher. That ruthless goal vs. Panama will always be imprinted in my mind.

      Reminded me a bit of Clint Mathis (finishing wise, nothing alike personally!).

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