Earlier this week, Rubin Kazan had announced that they had officially completed the signing of former Bayern Munich youth team player Marvin Cuni. He joins the Russian-based club from Serie B’s Frosinone after spending just over a year with the Italian club. The transfer was worth around €2 million, and Bayern is set to see some financial reward from this move.
Last summer, Bayern had agreed for Cuni to join Frosinone for a fee of around €1 million. At the time, they had secured a 50% share of the resale value for the player in the hopes that they would be able to see some return on investment at some point down the road. With the player’s transfer to Rubin Kazan, that is exactly what is set to occur. From the transfer, Bayern is set to receive roughly €1 million, which is about half of the fee Kazan paid to Frosinone to secure the signing of the 23-year-old (via @iMiaSanMia_GER).
Rubin Kazan is just the latest stop in what has already been a career full of different tenures for the young center forward, having had spells with Frosinone, Bayern Munich II, FC Saarbrücken, SC Paderborn, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, and SC Eintracht Freising Jugend along the way. Having spent the majority of his youth and developmental playing days in Germany, Kazan is the second installment in terms of clubs abroad where the young striker can hopefully establish himself and later return to a top flight in one of Europe’s top five leagues. Of course, Frosinone was in Serie A when he joined them, but they have since been relegated to the second tier of Italian football.
Cuni will also be hopeful of earning another call-up to the Albanian national team, as he has only made one appearance for them to date. Said appearance came last fall in an international friendly win against Bulgaria. He will certainly have dreams of being able to be a part of, at some capacity, Albania’s qualifying process for the 2026 World Cup in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico.
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