The TSG Hoffenheim Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $14.2M for Maduka Okoye
TSG Hoffenheim have gone to Udinese with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
TSG Hoffenheim say no — this time
The offer from Köln for Fisnik Asllani 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
The paperwork begins on Arkadiusz Pyrka
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. TSG Hoffenheim have done the hard part with St. Pauli, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Elia Caprile
TSG Hoffenheim asked and Cagliari said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
TSG Hoffenheim bid $6.3M for Ricky-Jade Jones
The offer went to St. Pauli this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luca Philipp’s move to Heidenheim falls through
The deal that would have taken Luca Philipp to Heidenheim has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to TSG Hoffenheim with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Wouter Burger signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Wouter Burger and TSG Hoffenheim agree another 5 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
TSG Hoffenheim go back to the board over Ricky-Jade Jones
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $6.7M — a club that wants Ricky-Jade Jones enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Oliver Baumann 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 TSG Hoffenheim this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Squad Words at TSG Hoffenheim training over how hard people work
- Market TSG Hoffenheim promote Patrick Maier from within
- Market TSG Hoffenheim promote René Koch from within