The VfB Stuttgart Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
VfB Stuttgart rebuffed over Aleksandar Pavlović
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bayern Munich have kept their man, and VfB Stuttgart go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
VfB Stuttgart turn down Köln for Angelo Stiller
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
The paperwork begins on Lennart Karl
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. VfB Stuttgart have done the hard part with Bayern Munich, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jamie Leweling wants more than VfB Stuttgart 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.
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 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at VfB Stuttgart
Jamie Leweling and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at VfB Stuttgart
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Maximilian Mittelstädt was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Philipp Schmid steps up from the VfB Stuttgart academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philipp Schmid 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lukas Schröder steps up from the VfB Stuttgart academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lukas Schröder 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.
In brief
- The dugout Maximilian Mittelstädt knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Deniz Undav wants to know why he earns less