The St. Pauli Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
St. Pauli make their move for Phillip Tietz
$12.1M on the table at Mainz 05. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
St. Pauli say no — this time
The offer from Eintracht Frankfurt for Martijn Kaars 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
St. Pauli agree $2.7M for Andrija Maksimović
The clubs have shaken hands with RB Leipzig; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $4.7M sale of Ricky-Jade Jones
He is going to TSG Hoffenheim, the club has $4.7M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ricky-Jade Jones moves on
TSG Hoffenheim pay $4.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
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
Words at St. Pauli training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eric Smith is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at St. Pauli
Jackson Irvine 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Andrés Vombergar
St. Pauli asked and OGC Nice said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ralph Schmidt joins the St. Pauli first team
- Market St. Pauli promote Maximilian Schreiber from within
- The dugout Eric Smith knocks on the manager's door