Massamba Sow

Central Defender - Arminia Bielefeld
22 May 2029
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Marked for Massamba Sow

126 Edition

The Arminia Bielefeld Courier

25 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market25 Dec 2028

Alan Pereira hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Arminia Bielefeld can pretend not to have heard.

Squad25 Dec 2028

7 saves: Jonas Kersken was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad25 Dec 2028

Words exchanged at Arminia Bielefeld

Jonathan Burkardt and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match23 Dec 2028

Hannover 96 take the points off Arminia Bielefeld

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad25 Dec 2028

Capita falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout25 Dec 2028

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Andreas Werner to a room that had heard them before.

Player ratings25 Dec 2028

Leo Sauer beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad25 Dec 2028

Player of the week: Jonathan Burkardt

Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.

The dugout25 Dec 2028

No hiding place for Massamba Sow

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Massamba Sow, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
103 Edition

The Arminia Bielefeld Courier

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market17 Jul 2028

Julian Kania puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Arminia Bielefeld, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

The paperwork begins on Jonathan Burkardt

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Arminia Bielefeld have done the hard part with RB Leipzig, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Arminia Bielefeld bid $86.0K for Vincent Vermeij

The offer went to Dynamo Dresden this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Door shut on Jannik Mause

Arminia Bielefeld asked and Nürnberg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Marvin Mehlem falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market17 Jul 2028

Preußen Münster are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Arminia Bielefeld will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Tempers go at Arminia Bielefeld

Massamba Sow was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Arminia Bielefeld try to borrow Marcus Mathisen

VfL Bochum have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

The dugout17 Jul 2028

Leo Sauer asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

87 Edition

The Arminia Bielefeld Courier

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market27 Mar 2028

Marcelo Jorquera puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Arminia Bielefeld, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Marcelo Jorquera keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Arminia Bielefeld may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Tempers go at Arminia Bielefeld

Jonas Kersken was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Words at Arminia Bielefeld training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eric Smith is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Home is on Marcelo Jorquera's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Arminia Bielefeld are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Massamba Sow signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Massamba Sow commits to Arminia Bielefeld for another 4 years.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

No hiding place for Felix Hagmann

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Felix Hagmann, and the manager let it.

Market27 Mar 2028

No place for Leo Oppermann in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Leo Oppermann has his answer from Arminia Bielefeld; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market27 Mar 2028

The Jonas Kersken talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Arminia Bielefeld know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief