The VfL Bochum Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Moussa Sylla
VfL Bochum and Schalke 04 have settled on $5.9M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
VfL Bochum bid $18.7M for Wouter Burger
The offer went to TSG Hoffenheim 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Borussia Mönchengladbach tell VfL Bochum: Robin Hack is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
VfL Bochum make their move for Jonas Adjetey
$940.0K on the table at VfL Wolfsburg. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
VfL Bochum go back to the board over Wouter Burger
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $21.0M — a club that wants Wouter Burger enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tim Oberdorf 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dominik Thomas steps up from the VfL Bochum academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dominik Thomas 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
VfL Bochum promote Patrick Keller from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Keller 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Niklas Arnold steps up from the VfL Bochum academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Niklas Arnold 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 Marcel Otto steps up from the VfL Bochum academy
- Squad Luis Pick signs a new deal
- Squad A falling-out at VfL Bochum