Overview
- Niclas Füllkrug, who signed on a season-long loan on Tuesday, has rejoined Werder Bremen from West Ham with no purchase option reported.
- Reports say the deal carries no loan fee and that Füllkrug agreed to a salary reduction to make the move possible.
- West Ham, relegated from the Premier League in May, kept Füllkrug under contract through 2028 but did not give him a squad number as they reshaped their roster.
- Werder officials and coach Daniel Thioune say they expect Füllkrug to provide immediate goals, physical presence and leadership to a team short on proven centre-forwards.
- Füllkrug’s return is also a career reset after injury-hit spells at West Ham and a loan to AC Milan, and his performance this season will determine whether he regains the form that made him Bundesliga top scorer in 2022–23.