Overview
- VfL Wolfsburg completed a last-day loan for 22-year-old defender Jenson Seelt from AFC Sunderland.
- NEC Nijmegen’s CEO Wilco van Schaik said the club expected to receive Seelt and learned of the Wolfsburg move when they saw him in the German club’s kit.
- Van Schaik said Sunderland and NEC had a verbal understanding tied to goalkeeper Robin Roefs’ earlier transfer to England.
- NEC officials criticized Sunderland’s handling of talks, with van Schaik calling it “the ugly side of football” and technical director Carlos Aalbers texting that he regretted selling Roefs.
- SPORT1 reported Wolfsburg signed Seelt for a year to cover injured centre-back Denis Vavro, assigning him shirt number 14, with sporting director Sebastian Schindzielorz praising his qualities.