The Mainz 05 Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Eric Smith
Mainz 05 and St. Pauli have settled on $7.8M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mainz 05 make their move for Tim Lemperle
$16.9M on the table at TSG Hoffenheim. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Atlético Madrid tell Mainz 05: Alexander Sørloth is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mainz 05 turn down Bayer Leverkusen for Kaishu Sano
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nadiem Amiri signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nadiem Amiri and Mainz 05 agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Taylan Bulut is a medical away from Mainz 05
The deal with Besiktas is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Mainz 05
Nadiem Amiri and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Mainz 05
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kaishu Sano was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcel Groß steps up from the Mainz 05 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcel Groß 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
- Market One of our own: Christian Bauer joins the Mainz 05 first team
- Market One of our own: Peter Wolf joins the Mainz 05 first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Dominik Kohr