The relegation mission starts on Thursday! After only 17 days of vacation, 1. FC Magdeburg plunges into the five-week preparation for the second division adventure.
Bayern jewel Jamie Lawrence (19) started sweating during the lactate and health tests in the morning. The U20 national player comes on loan from the talent factory of the Munich record champions until the summer of 2024. At FCM, he should close the central defense with his almost two meters tall.
“In Christian Titz, Magdeburg has a coach who develops young players and lets his team play football. We will follow Jamie’s performance very closely,” said Holger Seitz (47), head of sports for the Bayern youth team, on the club’s website. In Munich, he had previously extended Lawrence’s contract until 2026.
He’s also in the mood for the 2nd league. “I’m really looking forward to the club and its enthusiastic supporters,” said Lawrence. The defensive man is already the sixth newcomer to FCM. And just in time for the fitness tests, Baris Atik (27/contract until 2023) is back. The top scorer recovered in Greece and France and had his hair done yesterday in Magdeburg for the season opener.
The U23s are also looking forward to the start of the season. The newly formed, performance-oriented reserve will start in the association league in the future. As BILD learned, their coach should be Petrik Sander (61) and his assistant Pascal Ibold (32). Both just won the state cup together with the U19s and managed to stay up in the Bundesliga.