The Hannover 96 Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Husseyn Chakroun turns Emmen down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Fabio Chiarodia at that price
Hannover 96 offered $4.0M; Borussia Mönchengladbach said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hannover 96 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Hannover 96 go back to the board over Bartosz Białek
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $500.0K — a club that wants Bartosz Białek enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dan-Axel Zagadou due for a Hannover 96 medical
Everything agreed with VfB Stuttgart, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dan-Axel Zagadou turns down Hannover 96
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: VfB Stuttgart keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hannover 96 make their move for Bartosz Białek
$460.0K on the table at Darmstadt 98. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
William Kokolo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” William Kokolo commits to Hannover 96 for another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lars Hartmann steps up from the Hannover 96 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Hartmann has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Matthias Wolf steps up from the Hannover 96 academy
- Squad Virgil Ghiţă in a row with a teammate
- Squad Stefán Teitur Þórðarson falls out with a teammate over standards