The Arminia Bielefeld Courier
Squad2 Jun 2031
A knee injury of the worst kind for Yuri Alves
89 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Arminia Bielefeld lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market2 Jun 2031
Youte puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Arminia Bielefeld, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Jun 2031
Tempers go at Arminia Bielefeld
Keven Schlotterbeck was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad2 Jun 2031
Arminia Bielefeld lose Marc Werner
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market2 Jun 2031
Talks stall between Arminia Bielefeld and Stefano Russo
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad2 Jun 2031
Words at Arminia Bielefeld training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kacper Karasek is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets2 Jun 2031
A loan move for Maik Afri Akumu is in the works
Arminia Bielefeld have made the call to FC Augsburg. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets2 Jun 2031
A loan move for Tim Heinrich is in the works
Arminia Bielefeld have made the call to Hertha BSC. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout2 Jun 2031
The manager makes an example of Matvey Lukin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Arminia Bielefeld buy the years ahead of Florian Neumann
- The dugout Ibane Bowat asks for a word with the manager
- Market No place for Emin Kujović in the plan