Marco's moving to a better team than VfB Stuttgart!
On recent form anyway.
http://int.soccerway.com/teams/germany/spvgg-greut...
Stuttgart lost in the Cup 2-0 away to Bochum last weekend.
Whereas SpVgg Greuther Fürth drew away to Bochum in their first league game three weeks ago.
And comfortably won their Cup tie last weekend 3-0.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth thrashed Nurnberg, newly relegated from the top flight, 5-1 eleven days ago.
Their pre-season form was pretty amazing too: in July they beat la Liga side Getafe 3-2 and top Russian sides Locomotive Moscow 2-0 and HK Rostov 2-1.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth only narrowly missed elevation to the Bundesliga in May, losing out on away goals to Hamburg (0-0 away and 1-1 at home).
Man, they're a young squad - apart from a couple of veterans, mostly aged 18 - 24.
Strikers: five 22 year-olds, a 21 year-old and an 18 year-old
Marco will be the ninth 22 year-old in the squad!
They may have signed him to replace 22 year-old Kosovo international striker Ilir Azemi who was in a serious car accident a few weeks ago and was in intensive care, unlikely to play again for some time, if ever.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth have several players with 1.Bundesliga experience who didn't kick on at that level, including a few former German, Austrian and Polish youth internationals.
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Three time German champions: 1912, 1926, 1929
Intertoto Cup winners 1969
Stadium: Trolli Arena cap. 18,500
