The Köln Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $20.6M for Che Adams
Köln have gone to Torino with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marvin Schwäbe raises the bar for Köln
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Köln heard it as anything else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Saïd El Mala signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Saïd El Mala and Köln agree another 5 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Patrick Wolff joins the Köln first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Wolff is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dominik Weber joins the Köln first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dominik Weber is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Köln promote Jonas Krause from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonas Krause has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Alessio Castro-Montes
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alessio Castro-Montes, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Köln
Matthias Köbbing 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Saïd El Mala 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 Saïd El Mala trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Saïd El Mala wants to know why he earns less
- Squad Marvin Schwäbe has started doing his badges