The Werder Bremen Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Werder Bremen agree $24.9M for Wouter Burger
The clubs have shaken hands with TSG Hoffenheim; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Werder Bremen rebuffed over Christoph Baumgartner
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. RB Leipzig have kept their man, and Werder Bremen go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Werder Bremen make their move for Lennart Karl
$10.7M on the table at Bayern Munich. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Werder Bremen baulk at the price for Sascha Britschgi
Parma wanted more than $4.7M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jens Stage signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jens Stage and Werder Bremen agree another 4 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Werder Bremen go back to the board over Lennart Karl
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $11.5M — a club that wants Lennart Karl enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Werder Bremen
Victor Boniface and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Marco Friedl gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Helmut Simon joins the Werder Bremen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Helmut Simon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Werder Bremen promote Jan Möller from within
- Market Uwe Engel steps up from the Werder Bremen academy
- Market Lars Winkler steps up from the Werder Bremen academy