Hasan Kurucay in full training

The Royal Blues began Tuesday (5/8) with an open training session for fans as part of their preparation for their trip to face the Red Devils. New signing Hasan Kurucay was in training with the rest of the team. The centre-half, who put pen to paper a week ago, is now in full training, having previously only been able to join parts of first-team training.

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Hasan Kurucay with the ball at his feet in training

However, another defender needs to take a break. Nikola Katic was diagnosed with a concussion after the 2-1 victory against Hertha BSC. The Bosnian international will for now be absent from training and will not be able to feature in the away game on Saturday (9/8) in Kaiserslautern, as he was shown a second yellow card shortly before the final whistle against the Berliners.

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