Werder Bremen eye Julian Baumgartlinger deal

Austrian midfielder, Julian Baumgartlinger looks set to join fellow Bundesliga side, Werder Bremen, following his contract expiry at 1.FSV Mainz 05 in summer, 2015.

By Cammy Anderson7 April 2015 10:43 BST

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Werder Bremen are weighing up offering a deal to Mainz midfielder Julian Baumgartlinger, whose contract is up at the end of the season.

Bremen are not the only ones looking at bringing the 27-year old Austrian either with Hannover - who are looking to replace Lars Stindl as he departs for Gladbach in the Summer, also said to be interested.

A possible selling point for Baumgartlinger is close friend Zlatko Junuzovic - whom he played with at Austria Vienna for two years - is at Bremen.

Junuzovic was quoted as saying "Julian would be a real gain for us." in Kreiszeitung.de. Furthermore he was also quoted as saying, " He ( Baumgartlinger ) would have a good life here."

Baumgartlinger, a 30 time Austrian international has been at the COFACE Arena since 2011, and has gone on to make over half a century of appearances. This season Baumgartlinger has made a cumulative 21 appearances across the Bundesliga and Europa League Qualifiers to date.