The St. Pauli Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
St. Pauli say no — this time
The offer from Bayer Leverkusen for Eric Smith was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joel Chima Fujita signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joel Chima Fujita commits to St. Pauli for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at St. Pauli
Eric Smith 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
Joel Chima Fujita falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from St. Pauli on Peter Weiß
He is 14, and nobody at St. Pauli signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from St. Pauli on Marcel Schulz
He is 16, and nobody at St. Pauli signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market A long bet from St. Pauli on Leon Hahn
- Squad Eric Smith knocks on the manager's door
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Thiago Galhardo