Uwe Engel

Left Forward - Werder Bremen U18
24 May 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Uwe Engel

18 Edition

The Werder Bremen Courier

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

A hiding for Werder Bremen

Beaten 0‑4 by Bayern Munich, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Wouter Burger in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Werder Bremen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Olivier Deman beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Felix Agu wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Werder Bremen can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Market

Senne Lynen is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Werder Bremen has been clear about where Senne Lynen stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

Amos Pieper 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.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Werder Bremen

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

The dugout

René Brandt answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad

Uwe Engel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Uwe Engel and Werder Bremen agree another 3 years.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Werder Bremen Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

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 targets

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 targets

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 targets

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.

Squad

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.

Boardroom

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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.

Market

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