The Werder Bremen Courier
Squad29 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Werder Bremen
Victor Boniface 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Keke Topp stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Keke Topp and Werder Bremen agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Robin Hack 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.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
The leaders are next for Werder Bremen
Bayern Munich top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
When it matters, Cameron Puertas plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
Marco Friedl goes back to face Bayern Munich
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Marco Friedl’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Werder Bremen needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Market29 Mar 2027
The Karl Hein talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Werder Bremen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
A door opens for Keke Topp
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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Cameron Puertas knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Werder Bremen, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Marcel Schubert speaks
- Squad Olivier Deman has seen what the next man earns