Bundesliga Side VfL Wolfsburg Does Not Rule Out Transfers Despite Crisis At Volkswagen

Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg GM Klaus Allofs "is not ruling out possible transfers despite the difficult financial situation at main sponsor Volkswagen," according to the SID. VW faces the possibility of a multi-billion dollar penalty following the charges brought against the company by the U.S. Department of Justice. Wolfsburg is reportedly interested in 18-year-old Breel Embolo, who plays for Swiss side FC Basel. Allofs: "We have worked economically sound in the past, which provides us all opportunities to make transfers, even this year." Allofs said that the club made an important statement when it decided to scrap plans for a new youth academy as a result of the tense situation at VW. He said, "Everything we do, we of course also take the public perception into account" (SID, 1/7).