The Werder Bremen Courier
Squad31 May 2027
A falling-out at Werder Bremen
Victor Boniface and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 May 2027
Ralf Klein 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.
Market31 May 2027
Salim Musah returns a better player
32 games and 6 goals away from here, and a man the manager did not have last summer. The loan did what loans are supposed to do and almost never do.
The dugout31 May 2027
Salim Musah 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
A door opens for Niclas Füllkrug
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 dugout31 May 2027
The manager comes out for Karl Hein
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Karl Hein has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Victor Boniface
- Squad Ilzat Akhmetov back in training