The Arminia Bielefeld Courier
Market25 Jan 2027
Joel Grodowski moves on
TSG Hoffenheim pay $10.6M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market25 Jan 2027
Joel Felix 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 The request is on a desk at Arminia Bielefeld, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Arminia Bielefeld
Aljoscha Kemlein and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Arminia Bielefeld rebuffed over Max Rosenfelder
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. SC Freiburg have kept their man, and Arminia Bielefeld go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match23 Jan 2027
Greuther Fürth take the points off Arminia Bielefeld
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market25 Jan 2027
Eyes on Jeredy Hilterman again
The phone has started ringing about Jeredy Hilterman again, and this time the name on the line is SC Paderborn. Arminia Bielefeld are listening politely and promising nothing.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Noah Botic runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Peter Simon pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Arminia Bielefeld training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marc Guiu 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.
In brief
- The dugout Stephan Vogt: “No excuses”
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Justin Möbius
- Squad Marc Guiu is a square peg at Arminia Bielefeld