Maicosuel Moves Back To Brazil After Hoffenheim Stint

Maico­suel Moves On After Fail­ing To Set­tle In At Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim’s attack­ing mid­fielder Maico­suel has moved back to Brazil with Botafogo after fail­ing to set­tle in with Hoffe last sea­son. Before Maico­suel joined Hof­fen­heim, he was on loan at Botafogo in Brazil from Cruzeiro. After impress­ing in the Brazil­ian State Cham­pi­onship with Botafogo, Cruzeiro opted to sell the young mid­fielder to Hof­fen­heim for nearly 5 mil­lion euros.

After fail­ing to set­tle in with Hof­fen­heim, Botafogo have snapped up the young mid­fielder who excelled with them last sea­son before join­ing Hoffe. Hof­fen­heim will plug the gap with the cre­ativ­ity and flair of Car­los Eduardo, who has been at the club since 2007 and has always been impressive.

Maico­suel, though, never fully bloomed into the player many thought he had the poten­tial to be. He will look to reboot his career back in Brazil where the sur­round­ings and the play­ing style will suit him. Hof­fen­heim will have another very chal­leng­ing sea­son ahead of them if they do not for­tify their mid­field cor­rectly. While they do have an abun­dance of attack­ing play­ers, they are quite weak in the cen­ter of the pitch and at the back, and this is some­thing that must be cor­rected should Hof­fen­heim hope for a top-half fin­ish this term. The 4 mil­lion euros Hof­fen­heim have obtained for the player should go towards secur­ing some expe­ri­enced defen­sive play­ers to bol­ster their side for the upcom­ing season.