The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jannik Huth
101 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. SC Freiburg lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg make their move for Christian Kofane
$13.1M 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg say no — this time
The offer from Heidenheim for Igor Matanović 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
Yuito Suzuki signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yuito Suzuki commits to SC Freiburg for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Dean Henderson
SC Freiburg asked and Crystal Palace 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
One of our own: Markus Martin joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Markus Martin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Klaus Hofmann joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Klaus Hofmann is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ralph Beck joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ralph Beck is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 new faces, and SC Freiburg are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Radamel Falcao behind
- The dugout Yuito Suzuki asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jordy Makengo