Overview
- Fortuna used an exit clause to sign 26-year-old striker Eric Hottmann from SSV Jahn Regensburg and put him on a contract through June 30, 2029.
- Hottmann arrives off his best professional season, having scored 13 goals and supplied five assists in 32 3. Liga matches for Regensburg.
- Club sporting director Samir Arabi said Hottmann offers finishing, physical presence and high work rate that fit Fortuna’s style of play.
- Reports say the clause meant Fortuna paid a fee well below Hottmann’s listed market value and that he is the club’s ninth summer signing and only the second arrival involving a transfer fee.
- Hottmann missed the club’s training start because he was married on the same day as the move, a personal detail noted alongside the transfer news.