Transfer rumor

Hummels to Brighton? Girlfriend post for Augsburg

Nicola Cavanis (left) is already wearing the new Augsburg jersey - will her boyfriend Mats Hummels soon too?(Bild: APA/AFP/INA FASSBENDER, Instagram.com/fcaugsburg1907)

Yet another club linked with Mats Hummels. This time, according to media reports, the legendary central defender is set to join Brighton. Or maybe even to Augsburg? In any case, his girlfriend is already modeling for the German Bundesliga club.

One thing at a time: His departure from Dortmund is a done deal, Hummels is currently without a contract. An engagement with FC Bologna has fallen through. Now "Sky" claims to have learned that Premier League club Brighton are interested in the 2014 world champion. After all, Fabian Hürzeler is the German coach at the club. And he is said to be after Hummels.

Cavanis in Augsburg kit
FC Augsburg were also linked with Hummels, at least semi-seriously, in the media turmoil on Wednesday. Not completely out of the blue either. After all, a young lady named Nicola Cavanis is presenting the new Augsburg jersey. And she is not only a model and influencer, but has also recently become the official lady of a certain Mats Hummels' heart.

Cavanis is an avowed Augsburg fan, and her involvement as "jersey presenter" would make sense even without her emotional closeness to Hummels. But the idea of Hummels moving to Augsburg would not be unexciting either.

Regardless of that, it's probably time to take a more fundamental approach anyway. After all, Hummels doesn't really seem to have decided whether he wants to continue playing at all. So it's quite possible that he will never play professionally again.