St. Pauli star Marcel Hartel signs with St. Louis CITY SC!

St. Louis CITY SC is settling all family business and that includes a BIG bit of rumored business that's being imported from Germany.
Matthew from the "2. Bundesliga Podcast" joins me to analyze the potential signing of Marcel Hartel, and I look at the two names departing to make space (and cash) for him.
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[@RobbZipp]

Gutted that FC St. Pauli lost their manager AND their best player. It may be one and done in the 1. Bundesliga. You’re getting a good one that’s fun to watch. Good video about his career and talents.

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Thank you! Hartel did wilt in the Bundesliga with Bielefeld a couple years ago so maybe he indeed is a 1.5 Bundesliga player. But losing Hurzeler hurts. Hopefully they find a way to survive.

[@BigBanger52]

Great work, keep it up. Can't wait to see him in action.

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Thanks Banger! Hate that we have to wait a month for him to play

[@leachy_]

As a Bolton fan with a big soft spot for St Pauli I’m happy to see Marcel sign for you guys

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Well, a lot of St. Pauli fans were sad to let him go, so that's usually a good sign that Hartel is a quality player! I'm really excited to see what he can do for St. Louis! Thanks for watching!

[@TimsBucketHat]

Great work Tom!

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Thanks Insider!

[@StephMcAlea]

Great video. Thanks from a British Philly Union fan. Aa a side note, have you lost weight buddy? Hope it was from good reasons and not illness xx

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Thanks Steph! And yes, I'm in the process of losing weight. I'm down about 80 pounds since late 2022.

[@elicarlson7682]

I really hope him and Teuchert will be a great duo, also really sad about Celios injury as well as AZ’s departure. I wonder if Hartel will take the penalties now instead of Löwen?

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

I'm really curious to see how the PKs shake out. Also, Hartel can play on the left, so he could theoretically replace Celio there until he gets healthy, then shift to the CAM.

[@patrickbruhns9129]

Loved Hartel when he played for St. Pauli. It‘s a pity that he left but I hope he will succeed in St. Louis. Thank you. Great Video. But you still have to work a little on your german Pronunciation of Cologne 😉

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Is it not Cool-in? Or was it just the fact I was struggling with it? 😂

[@patrickbruhns9129]

@@SoccerZombieSTL The german word is Köln. I think there is nothing similar in English to the german letter ö. So it is not surprising if the pronunciation is not easy. You can hear the german Pronunciation of the city’s name a lot in this shot traveling video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mICZZ4yQhtWomassi=Nb512A0TKD2xLzVC

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

Ah that makes sense. You should hear us try to pronounce Cedric Teuchert! We can't do the gutteral "ch" in the throat well over here. I've kind of settled on Toy-curt (soft cu) even though I know it's not "proper".

[@patrickbruhns9129]

@@SoccerZombieSTL In fact, the “ch“ has two different sounds in German. It depends on the vowel(s) in front of the “ch“. In the case of Teuchert, it’s not gutteral in the throat, but sounds soft. Unfortunately this sound doesn't exist in English either. In this short video you can hear the pronunciation of Teuchert's name at 0.10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHy5eqyHp7dqia8si=I_9TbB2T-MUAjwpI

[@patrickbruhns9129]

But enough on German language. This is about soccer. I think both Hartel and Teuchert are good players who can help you. I wish you every success and will certainly keep an eye on St. Louis.

[@ThankYouPageMagic]

Thank you for the info! Very exciting. Hopefully constructive tho is my dislike for that background music. Gosh I was about to bash my head in after 10 minutes of that music - way too loud and repetitive.

[@mdfrenchy]

When watching Hartel, for me he resembled a James Maddison, former Leicester City and current Tottenham Hotspur player. I'm very stoked about seeing both Hartel and Teuchert on the field in St. Louis. Any ideas on when they expect to begin playing? I was guessing after the All-Star break. Clearly, Pfannenstiel isn't playing around. He's in it to win it, and soon. The core of St. Louis, with Burki, Parker/Nilsson, Lowen/Durkin/Hartel, & Teuchert/Klauss looks to me to be (on paper) as good as it gets in the MLS. This team is going to make some serious noise.

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

They can play starting the July 20th game at kansas then the League$ Cup begins.

[@eddielorentz8019]

Did we not sell Jensen for a profit?

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

I haven't heard what we got for Jensen, have you?

[@siglo2764]

IS YOUR MANAGER UNDER SERIOUS PRESSURE NOW

[@SoccerZombieSTL]

I wouldn't call it a "hot seat" yet but it's probably getting warm...

[@mdfrenchy]

Why would he be "on the hot seat" at all? He won the West last year with an expansion team. And this year his best players have missed lots of games. No hot seat until they underperform. Let's not forget we've been without Lowen for nearly the entire season.