Cologne have renewed the contract of midfielder Florian Kainz until 2024, the Bundesliga club said on Friday. Kainz came to Cologne in 2019 from Werder Bremen and has played 113 Bundesliga games in all, scoring 14 goals. Sporting director Jörg Jakobs named Kainz “as a person and in sporting terms, an important part of our team” who “is one of the best performers in the team.” Kainz said: It’s fun to play football at FC. We are a really good team, and one that can still achieve a lot.”