The Werder Bremen Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Nathan Tella
Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen have settled on $26.7M. 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
Werder Bremen rebuffed over Jamie Leweling
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. VfB Stuttgart have kept their man, and Werder Bremen go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Werder Bremen bid $3.6M for Marius Bülter
The offer went to Köln 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jens Stage signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jens Stage and Werder Bremen agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Bence Dárdai due for a Werder Bremen medical
Everything agreed with VfL Wolfsburg, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marco Friedl 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Helmut Vogt joins the Werder Bremen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Helmut Vogt 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
Sven Sommer steps up from the Werder Bremen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sven Sommer 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 Werder Bremen promote Richard Heinrich from within
- Market One of our own: Leon Bauer joins the Werder Bremen first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Niklas Stark