According to a report from Bild, FC plans to permanently sign several players who were previously on loan. The report states that sport boss Thomas Kessler will permanently sign Jakub Kaminski, Tom Krauß, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Felipe Chavez, and Kristoffer Lund. The report also states that he had secured the necessary purchase options for all of them and the entire package will cost FC around 20 million.

Tom Krauß is currently on loan at Köln from Mainz. Köln has a purchase obligation of over 3.2 million euros, which will only take effect if the club does not get relegated. Tom Krauß stated that he very much wants to stay at Köln and also play with the club in the Bundesliga next year.

Tom Krauß is in direct contact with Köln's sporting director Thomas Kessler and is open to a move to Geißbockheim. The transfer fee for the player is more than four million euros. After his loan at VfL Bochum, he returns to his parent club Mainz 05. However, Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen are also closely monitoring the situation, indicating a competitive interest in the 23-year-old midfielder who played a crucial role at Bochum, missing only one match in the second half of the season, though he couldn't prevent the team's relegation.