Kiel handball drama: Laube as a pekeler replacement in conversation!

Kiel handball drama: Laube as a pekeler replacement in conversation!

In Kiel, something happens in handball! The THW Kiel has specified the search for a replacement for the injured Hendrik Pekeler. The Swiss international Lukas Laube, currently under contract with TVB Stuttgart, is traded as a hot candidate. According to [SHZ] (https://www.shz.de/sport/thw-kiel/artikel/handballelt-lukas-laube-vom-stuttgart-zum-thw-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel-kiel- Kiel, the 25-year-old could reinforce the Kiel district runner duo, which already from Petter Öger and new addition Veron Nacinovic exists.

Pekeler suffered a Achilles tendon tear in the last game of the season against THSV Eisenach and is expected to be six to eight months. Patrick Wiencek also ended his active career, which increases the urgency of the search for squad. With arbor, the THW Kiel could win a promising newcomer, especially since it scored six goals at the last meeting of the Stuttgart against Kiel in May. This makes you take notice and could move the decision -makers in Kiel to act.

The Situation in Stuttgart

While arbor is a potential candidate for Kiel, there have also been some changes in Stuttgart. The club has just managed to stay in the Bundesliga. Misha Kaufmann, the new trainer, could favor a playing style without a circular runner, which makes the future of Laube in Stuttgart questionable. According to [Sportbild] (https://sportbild.bild.de/sportmix/handball/handball-rekordmeister-kiel-holt-neuen-kreislaufer- der-Bundesliga-68516749057B30C1B89D4B2), the change to the THW is a realistic possibility.

The THW Kiel also has Felix Möller from Aalborg Handbold in view. But arbor is very popular and could support the Kiel defense decisively.

another shock for the Swiss national team

In the middle of these transfers there was another sad incident in Swiss handball. Manuel Zehnder, director of the Swiss national team, was seriously injured in a World Cup preparation tournament. He has torn the cruciate ligament, inner ligament and meniscus in the left knee, which makes him fail for both the upcoming World Cup and for the rest of the season at SC Magdeburg. National coach Andy Schmid evaluates this loss as a "sporty catastrophe", since Zehnder cannot be replaced, like the [Lucerne Zeitung] (https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/vor-der-wm-riesiger-fuer-fuer--handball-nati-schwerekreilung-bei-manuel-zehnder-und-jetz- ld.2717882) reported.

For the position of the director, Schmid has some alternatives in the back of the head that could now be challenged. Among other things, Mehdi Ben Romdhan and the emerging talent Luca Sigrist are on the list. But the shadows of the injuries are heavily over the national team.

Thus, the THW Kiel is at the beginning of an exciting phase in which newcomers such as Lukas Laube could be of great importance for the coming season, while the Swiss national handball team has to cope with a difficult setback. So we can be excited to see how the situation will develop in the next few weeks.