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16 hours ago
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Everton join race for Mainz's Anthony Caci
TEAMtalk reports that Everton have joined the race to sign Mainz 05 wingback Anthony Caci. The Frenchman has previously been linked with Fulham and Leeds United. Entering the final year of his Bundesliga contract, Caci maintains a career high estimated market value of €12m. Whether Mainz remain amenable to selling Caci remains to be seen. The 27-year-old played an important role for Bo Henriksen's Rheinhessen this season, successfully filling in as a right wingback and even as central defender. Advertisement With 32-year-old captain Silvan Widmer not factoring into Henriksen's plans much anymore, the Mainzer head coach will have to decide whether 22-year-old Nicolas Veratschnig is prepared to fill Caci's position. Thus far in the summer transfer window, Mainz have signed another left back but made no direct efforts to find a replacement for Caci. The 2025/26 German Conference League representatives will wish to keep a deep squad. The fact that Mainz's total outlays this summer – thanks to the purchase of Benedict Hollerbach – leave the club approximately €8.5 in the red may nevertheless facilitate a sale. Caci joined Mainz on a free from Strasbourg in July 2022. GGFN | Peter Weis
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15-03-2025
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Freiburg spoil Mainz birthday celebrations
A crucial clash in the race for European qualification saw third-placed Mainz host fifth-placed Freiburg on a special occasion, Mainz's 120th anniversary, marked by a pristine white commemorative kit. With the stakes high, Mainz looked to dictate the tempo early on, controlling possession and probing Freiburg's defensive structure. Their persistence paid off in the 34th minute when Anthony Caci delivered a pinpoint low cross into the six-yard box, finding the ever-reliable Jonathan Burkardt. The Mainz talisman made no mistake, tapping home to send the home crowd into celebration. Freiburg, however, thought they had a route back into the game just before halftime. A tussle between Dominik Kohr and Lucas Höler inside the box led to an initial penalty decision, but after a lengthy VAR review, the foul was deemed to have occurred just outside. The decision still proved costly for Mainz, as Kohr was shown a straight red card, reducing the hosts to ten men. Vincenzo Grifo stepped up for the resulting free kick, curling an effort toward goal, but Robin Zentner reacted superbly to parry the shot away. As halftime approached, Freiburg sensed an opportunity against the shorthanded hosts, setting up an intense second half in this battle of European hopefuls. In the ascendancy, it took Freiburg 12 second-half minutes to find their equaliser. After a fantastic ball from captain Christian Günter, substitute Michael Gregoritsch headed home with precision and power to spoil the Mainz party. The ten men of Mainz, however, were able to gain back control of the encounter and retook the lead in the 74th minute as Andreas Hanche Olsen headed home after his side gained possession high up, taking advantage of Noah Atubolu seeing the ball fall out of his hands. Freiburg though, were able to draw themselves level five minutes later as Lukas Kübler tapped home from close range after Ritsu Doan slid the ball across the box to the onrushing right back who netted his 10th career goal in the Bundesliga. In the closing phase of what had been a tense encounter, both sides searched for a winner, however the scores remained at 2-2, with the result undoubtedly being better for Mainz given the circumstances.
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14-02-2025
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Fantasy Bundesliga: Scout squads for Matchday 22
Our Fantasy Bundesliga writers have each selected a squad of 10 outfield players for Matchday 22. In order to make our teams more variable, all formations are allowed, each squad cannot cost more than 120M and can only contain players owned by less than 20% of the Fantasy Bundesliga managers. In addition, each manager is allowed to select a captain, who earns double points, and can only select up to three players from the same team. Without further ado, here are our squads for the upcoming matchday: Daniel Svensson, Dortmund (7M, 0%) Anthony Caci, Mainz (10M, 6%) Arthur Theate, Frankfurt (10M, 3%) Mitchell Weiser, Werder Bremen (13M, 19%) Romano Schmid, Werder Bremen (10M, 9%) Vincenzo Grifo, Freiburg (12M, 19%) Nadiem Amiri, Mainz (13M, 3%) Kevin Stöger, Gladbach (15M, 0%) Marvin Ducksch, Werder Bremen (10M, 5%) Serhou Guirassy, Dortmund (19M, 6%) © IN TOTAL: 119M Castello Lukeba, RB Leipzig (11M, 0%) Anthony Caci, Mainz (10M, 6%) Mitchell Weiser, Werder Bremen (13M, 19%) Vincenzo Grifo, Freiburg (12M, 19%) Romano Schmid, Werder Bremen (10M, 9%) Nadiem Amiri, Mainz (13M, 3%) © Kevin Stöger, Gladbach (15M, 0%) Enzo Millot, Stuttgart (11M, 3%) Deniz Undav, Stuttgart (13M, 3%) Jonathan Burkardt, Mainz (10M, 3%) IN TOTAL: 118M
