VfL Wolfsburg continues to spend! I guess VW is going to have to sell some additional Jettas to fund Felix Magath spending spree. The latest capture is Swiss international defender Ricardo Rodriguez (19), coming over from FC Zurich for 7.5 million euros. Whether this is the end is unclear. Rumours are flying around that Czech midfielder Vaclav Pilar (Viktoria Pilsen) is also being looked at by the Wolfs…

VfB Stuttgart will be parting ways with Russian forward Pavel Pogrebnyak. His contract runs out in the summer, and both sides have agreed it will not be renewed. In fact, the Russian can leave on a free now if he can find a taker. Pogrebnyak has shown flashes of brilliance, but has never been able to hold down a starting role. He’s scored about 15 times in about 67 appearances, but mostly as a sub. Stuttgart paid some 4.8 million to sign him from Zenit St.Petersburg, so they haven’t really gotten their money’s worth. My guess he probably leaves the Bundesliga, too bad, because he has some talent. One possibility as a replacement is Wolfsburg’s Srdjan Lakic, who has basically been in Felix Magath’s doghouse (not a good place to be). Lakic had a good run with Kaiserslautern, but the move to Kraft-durch-Freude-Stadt was not good for his career.