The Köln Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Marius Bülter 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
Tempers go at Köln
Ellyes Skhiri was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alessio Castro-Montes signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alessio Castro-Montes commits to Köln for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Patrick Frank joins the Köln first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Frank 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: Sven Bauer joins the Köln first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sven Bauer 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
Sven Heinrich steps up from the Köln academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sven Heinrich 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
- Squad Words at Köln training over how hard people work
- Squad The manager makes an example of Jan Thielmann
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Nicolas Höfler