Arouna Kone has been loaned by Sevilla FC for the remainder of the season to play in the german team Hannover 96 of the Bundesliga. Arouna is looking have more playing time in the German team, which currently holds the sixteenth position in the tournament. The Ivorian joins Hannover winter as reinforcement, joining Jan Durica (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow).

Hannover 96 is a club 113 years-old who has won three German championships and a National Cup, plays in the AWD Arena in Hanover, which was refurbished for the 2006 World Cup and is coached by german coach Mirko Slomka, who took over as coach of Hannover after leaving Schalke 04, where it was met Sevilla in the 2006 UEFA Cup Semifinals.

The goal of Koné is play more matches during the championship and have more continuity after his injury,  suffered last year. The loan, which does not include an option to purchase by the German club, will be effective until June this year, before the World Cup in South Africa.