The VfB Stuttgart Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Mikel Oyarzábal at that price
VfB Stuttgart offered $49.2M; Real Sociedad 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
VfB Stuttgart turn down Werder Bremen for Maximilian Mittelstädt
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Christian Kofane
VfB Stuttgart asked and Bayer Leverkusen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maximilian Mittelstädt raises the bar for VfB Stuttgart
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at VfB Stuttgart heard it as anything else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maximilian Mittelstädt signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maximilian Mittelstädt commits to VfB Stuttgart for another 5 years.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Jamie Leweling 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Badredine Bouanani attracts admirers
The name of Badredine Bouanani has come up in conversations VfB Stuttgart were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market10 Aug 2026
VfB Stuttgart promote Benjamin Schubert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Schubert has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ermedin Demirović asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Deniz Undav wants to know why he earns less
- Squad VfB Stuttgart try Pascal Stenzel somewhere new
- Squad Fabian Bredlow has started doing his badges