Gregor Werner

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Borussia Dortmund U18
8 Jul 2028
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81 Edition

The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Transfer targets14 Feb 2028

Borussia Dortmund baulk at the price for Loïc Badé

Bayer Leverkusen wanted more than $53.2M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Match12 Feb 2028

Borussia Dortmund march on in the cup

SC Freiburg are out and Borussia Dortmund go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match9 Feb 2028

Kylian Mbappé sends Borussia Dortmund through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Kylian Mbappé obliged against SC Freiburg. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Borussia Dortmund.

Match9 Feb 2028

Cruel end for SC Freiburg as Borussia Dortmund pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Borussia Dortmund scored in the 99th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Squad14 Feb 2028

A fracture rules Gregor Werner out for 20 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Borussia Dortmund will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad14 Feb 2028

A move Riccardo Calafiori would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Riccardo Calafiori is living that version at Borussia Dortmund, and it tends to show in the first month.

Match14 Feb 2028

Borussia Dortmund refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 41 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Match12 Feb 2028

Nobody wants to play Borussia Dortmund right now

5 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Match12 Feb 2028

Nobody wins at Borussia Dortmund

13 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

In brief

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80 Edition

The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Borussia Dortmund make their move for Loïc Badé

$53.2M on the table at Bayer Leverkusen. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Gregor Werner breaks a bone — 27 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings7 Feb 2028

Carney Chukwuemeka scores twice — 8.44

Two goals and a mark of 8.44 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market7 Feb 2028

Yan Couto asks to leave Borussia Dortmund

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Deadline beats Borussia Dortmund to Ellyes Skhiri

The clock did what Köln would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.

Market7 Feb 2028

Kylian Mbappé wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Borussia Dortmund hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Match5 Feb 2028

The run at home goes on for Borussia Dortmund

12 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Borussia Dortmund close the window on a squad of their own making

5 in and 9 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market7 Feb 2028

Preußen Münster come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Borussia Dortmund did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

In brief

79 Edition

The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market31 Jan 2028

Wesley Fofana arrives at Borussia Dortmund in a $67.3M statement of intent

There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Borussia Dortmund have paid $67.3M for Wesley Fofana, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

Borussia Dortmund agree $9.3M for Ellyes Skhiri

The clubs have shaken hands with Köln; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market31 Jan 2028

Felix Nmecha hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Borussia Dortmund can pretend not to have heard.

Market31 Jan 2028

Terms done: Cyriaque Irié is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Preußen Münster waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Borussia Dortmund is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad31 Jan 2028

A fracture rules Gregor Werner out for 35 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Borussia Dortmund will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad31 Jan 2028

A move Wesley Fofana would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Wesley Fofana is living that version at Borussia Dortmund, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Words exchanged at Borussia Dortmund

Felix Nmecha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match29 Jan 2028

Borussia Dortmund see off VfB Stuttgart

Three points for Borussia Dortmund, 2‑1 the final word against VfB Stuttgart in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad31 Jan 2028

This league is too small for Kylian Mbappé

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Borussia Dortmund will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

In brief

78 Edition

The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets24 Jan 2028

Fee done, terms next for Wesley Fofana

Borussia Dortmund and Middlesbrough have settled on $67.3M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets24 Jan 2028

No deal for Ferran Torres at that price

Borussia Dortmund offered $115.5M; Paris Saint-Germain said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets24 Jan 2028

Borussia Dortmund rebuffed over Scott McTominay

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Napoli have kept their man, and Borussia Dortmund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market24 Jan 2028

Bitello moves on

Anderlecht pay $32.4M, 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.

Squad24 Jan 2028

A fracture rules Gregor Werner out for 45 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Borussia Dortmund will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market24 Jan 2028

Waldemar Anton puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Borussia Dortmund, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market24 Jan 2028

Borussia Dortmund add cover with Kylian Mbappé

It is the least glamorous business a club does and the reason seasons do not collapse in February. Kylian Mbappé is here for the weeks when three men are injured and somebody still has to play.

Squad24 Jan 2028

Kylian Mbappé 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 Borussia Dortmund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match22 Jan 2028

The run at home goes on for Borussia Dortmund

11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

In brief

19 Edition

The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Ramy Bensebaini pops up at the right end — 7.73

7.73, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market7 Dec 2026

Maximilian Beier wants more than Borussia Dortmund are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Felix Nmecha 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 Borussia Dortmund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market7 Dec 2026

One of our own: Matthias Lorenz joins the Borussia Dortmund first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthias Lorenz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market7 Dec 2026

Lars Schmitt steps up from the Borussia Dortmund academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Schmitt has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market7 Dec 2026

One of our own: Gregor Werner joins the Borussia Dortmund first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gregor Werner is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match5 Dec 2026

Borussia Dortmund see off VfB Stuttgart

Three points for Borussia Dortmund, 1‑0 the final word against VfB Stuttgart in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Both jobs done by Nico Schlotterbeck — 7.50

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 7.50, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Squad7 Dec 2026

A step back for Giannis Konstantelias at Borussia Dortmund

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

In brief