The TSG Hoffenheim Post
Squad25 Jun 2029
Christian Schulze damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Bernardo says TSG Hoffenheim went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
The paperwork begins on Alexander Meyer
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. TSG Hoffenheim have done the hard part with Borussia Dortmund, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad25 Jun 2029
A falling-out at TSG Hoffenheim
Oliver Baumann and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market25 Jun 2029
Radnicki 1923 come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and TSG Hoffenheim did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad25 Jun 2029
A row about effort at TSG Hoffenheim
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ozan Kabak was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Patrick Wimmer gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Patrick Wimmer is on it.
Market25 Jun 2029
The Patrick Wimmer story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Patrick Wimmer signs something — a contract at TSG Hoffenheim or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
A door opens for Alexander Prass
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Squad Valentin Gendrey wants to know why he earns less
- Market Marvin Friedrich placed on the list
- The dugout Leon Avdullahu keeps his manager's vote