I'd be really surprised if anything happens on this before the offseason. That being said, I've been trying to keep tabs on the players I identified (link).
Stanciu is out of our reach IMO, and Malli is still being linked to Tottenham. I've found some tweets and an article that claim Semir Stilic is returning to Wisla Krakow in Poland, so he may be out. On the other hand, Alexandru Maxim is the player that really caught my eye, and he seems unsettled. Daniel Didavi was the attacking midfielder that was ahead of Maxim in Stuttgart's team, but after Stuttgart was relegated and his contract was up he joined Wolfsburg for the upcoming season, so Maxim should be the go-to playmaker for the team now (and he was given the #10 shirt). The German 2nd division has already just begun over the weekend, but Maxim was on the bench to start Stuttgart's match vs. St. Pauli. He ended up being subbed on in the 2nd half and promptly scored, then set up the winning goal. He won the match for Stuttgart. But he wasn't happy at not starting - I found a bunch of German articles (ran through Google translate) where he is quoted as saying something along the lines of "I have done nothing wrong and it's difficult for me to accept this decision". Their manager apparently was unhappy with his training. And his agent is talking to the press now (link):
From that translation, his agent suggests the club convinced him to stay after they were relegated, so it's a bad look that he didn't start the first game of the year. Hopefully their manager keeps limiting his minutes... I hope Bez is all over this. He looks like a good player, if he actually wants to leave, I'm sure he's going to get a lot of interest.As you guessed it, it's actually happened. Maxim came on in the 46th minute. He then scored the equalizer and prepared the winning goal against with.
It made me very happy that he showed the right reaction. He has made the difference. But you could see in the friendlies already that he enriched the team with his footballing class. I think we need not discuss it, that he belongs to the team. Why the Jos Luhukay has him still on the bench, I can not say. I just know that in practice nothing has happened, what this measure would be justified.
Now Maxim is frustrated and wants to VfB leave?
The situation is certainly not easy for him. Or how would you behave because under these circumstances? We have Alex convinces the season from sticking and help ensure that the resurgence is managed in the Bundesliga with VfB. Primarily he has now signed a contract until 2019, but that the decision of Jos Luhukay him really hurt, is also logical. Therefore, he naturally makes his thoughts.