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Wolfsburg look to terminate Nicklas Bendtner’s contract immediately

Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Bendtner joined Wolfsburg in 2014 after nine years at Arsenal. Photograph: Peter Steffen/dpa/Corbis

Wolfsburg are hoping to end Nicklas Bendtner’s time at the club by terminating his contract 15 months early.

The Danish striker joined on a free transfer from Arsenal in 2014 but has failed to make an impact and has had several disciplinary issues this season, including being fined for oversleeping and being late for training.

Bendtner has been training on his own for the past two weeks and the club’s sporting director, Klaus Allofs, said on Thursday that they are hoping to let the striker go as soon as possible.

“We have attempted to hold talks with his advisers and have discussed a solution. I think that there will be a decision soon,” Allofs told the German newspaper Bild. “We have decided that he does not have to come in for now. The fact that he has been training on his own recently was not something we wanted to carry on.”

The 28-year-old Dane has scored three goals in 31 league appearances since joining the Bundesliga club.

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