Kwasniok: rumours around Said El Mala are 'perverse' for 18- and 19-year-olds

Lukas Kwasniok, manager of Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln, spoke emotionally about the attention on 19-year-old Said El Mala, who has been linked both with a Germany call-up and an alleged move to the Premier League. "How is the lad supposed to cope? To put it bluntly, it’s perverse what happens to 18- and 19-year-olds these days, the kind of pressure they have to endure," he said.

Kwasniok added he had heard nothing of any transfer agreement.

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