The Werder Bremen Courier
Squad19 May 2031
A falling-out at Werder Bremen
Patrik Schick and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market19 May 2031
Only the photograph left for Trilli
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Trilli will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Werder Bremen the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom19 May 2031
Loris D'Haene has agreed to leave Werder Bremen for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad19 May 2031
A row about effort at Werder Bremen
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nathan Tella was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market19 May 2031
The Patrik Schick story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Patrik Schick signs something — a contract at Werder Bremen or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout19 May 2031
No hiding place for Giorgio Altare
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giorgio Altare, and the manager let it.
Squad19 May 2031
Ragnar Ache has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Werder Bremen that is a harder question to answer.
The dugout19 May 2031
Ebu Bekir İş knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ebu Bekir İş trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market19 May 2031
Femi Seriki placed on the list
Werder Bremen have made Femi Seriki available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- Loan watch Portland Timbers cannot leave Nathan De Cat out
- Squad Femi Seriki is finding his feet at Werder Bremen
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Jackson Irvine