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Hertha Open Algarve Camp Without Demme, Kolbe and Kownacki as Brooks and Jensen Join Squad

Key absences shape Hertha's preparations for a promotion push.

Overview

  • The Berlin club began a week-long training camp in Portugal from January 3 to 10 with four goalkeepers and 26 outfield players.
  • Diego Demme stayed in Berlin due to renewed dizziness, and defender Niklas Kolbe is out until further notice with a muscle injury.
  • Striker Dawid Kownacki missed the trip with a flu-like infection and could travel later according to reports.
  • Recovering players John Anthony Brooks and Leon Jensen made the traveling squad, as did transfer‑linked Julian Eitschberger and youth prospects Soufian Gouram and Kian Todorovic.
  • Hertha plan a friendly against Belgian side Standard Liège the day before returning, with the league resuming and Schalke visiting on January 17.