Technical glitch scuppers Choupo-Moting move to Cologne

Eric-Maxime Choupo-Moting is likely to remain a Hamburg player until the end of the season after his transfer to Cologne failed to go through due to a problematic fax machine.

Both clubs and the player had all signed the necessary paperwork for the 23-year-old to switch Bundesliga clubs, but Cologne’s fax machine took an unexpected break 15 minutes before the transfer deadline.