Overview
- Fortuna Düsseldorf confirmed Tuesday that the receiving club decided against signing Elias Egouli and the transfer is officially dead.
- Reports in the Rheinische Post said Egouli failed Elversberg’s medical while the player’s camp strongly denies that claim and says he is fit.
- Egouli’s contract contains a reported exit clause of about €1 million that Elversberg had sought to trigger and Fortuna had already prepared for his departure.
- Elversberg completed other moves after the collapse by mutually terminating Mohammad Mahmoud’s contract and sending him to Austria Salzburg and by reportedly turning attention to Cenk Özkacar as an alternative defender.
- Egouli is due to return to Fortuna’s Austria training camp this week, remains under contract until 2029, and his retention both preserves squad strength for Fortuna and leaves the club without the expected transfer fee.