{"id":539988,"date":"2020-01-09T11:41:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=539988"},"modified":"2020-01-09T11:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:41:28","slug":"barnsley-sign-defender-kilian-ludewig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/09\/barnsley-sign-defender-kilian-ludewig\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnsley Sign Defender Kilian Ludewig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnsley<\/a> have made their second January signing. The Tykes have signed defender Kilian Ludewig on loan from Red Bull Salzburg for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Barnsley Sign Kilian Ludewig On Loan<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">??\ufe0f We are delighted to announce the signing of Kilian Ludewig on loan until the end of the season, from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedBullSalzburg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RedBullSalzburg<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YouReds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#YouReds<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeLudewig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomeLudewig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jA6XCT6qm2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jA6XCT6qm2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barnsley FC (@BarnsleyFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarnsleyFC\/status\/1215302229261012992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said<\/h3>\n<p>Ludewig arrives as new manager Gerhard Struber\u2019s second signing after Marcel Ritzmaier joined last week.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Barnsley website about his move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnsleyfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/january\/ludewig-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ludewig said<\/a>: \u201cI know the trainer here, Gerhard, he called me and asked for me to come. We have worked together before, this was important for me as I like his style and his discipline, we will work well together again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarnsley is a very traditional club; I have been watching videos of the fans and I liked this. I enjoyed how the fans feel when Barnsley score, I like to watch the celebrations and it feels like a close connection. I am now excited to play my first game; it is a big game against a local team, so we hope to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerhard Struber is delighted to have secured on his main transfer targets. He told the Barnsley website \u201cHe is one of the biggest talents in the German youth football, especially from the defence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a great mentality and wants to grow up with us, to continue learning his game. I have coached him before in FC Liefering and I have a lot of trust in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very quick, strong and also offers nice passes. He knows my style which is very important to us, so he will be able to offer competition for places in both our full-back places as he can play both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Ludewig Aiming to Help a Leaky Barnsley Defence<\/h3>\n<p>Barnsley have found a way to score since Gerhard Struber took over but they are still conceding plenty of goals. Ludewig\u2019s arrival is a big boost for Struber as he aims to shore up Barnsley\u2019s leaky defence.<\/p>\n<p>Ludewig could be a key player in Barnsley\u2019s relegation fight if he adapts quickly to English football.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"MAnCv2ulSU1YzgNhVrE3og\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1166103034\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MAnCv2ulSU1YzgNhVrE3og',sig:'SmLzFavLJhuXztpnqi0-2Ilo9WZXS_NHxfh-gpWqw0k=',w:'594px',h:'352px',items:'1166103034',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barnsley have made their second January signing. The Tykes have signed defender Kilian Ludewig on loan from Red Bull Salzburg for the rest of the season. Barnsley Sign Kilian Ludewig On Loan &nbsp; ??\ufe0f We are delighted to announce the signing of Kilian Ludewig on loan until the end of the season, from @RedBullSalzburg.#YouReds | [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3241,"featured_media":539999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1578592800","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,32,30,28],"tags":[4477,1721,4594,1955,136],"class_list":["post-539988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-championship","category-league-football","category-news","category-transfers","tag-2019-20-championship","tag-barnsley","tag-kilian-ludewig","tag-red-bull-salzburg","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}