The VfL Bochum Sentinel
Market27 Aug 2029
Luis Pick has said yes to Karlsruher SC
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. VfL Bochum have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market27 Aug 2029
Yílmar Velásquez asks to leave VfL Bochum
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout27 Aug 2029
Robert Wagner keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” VfL Bochum may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match25 Aug 2029
6 matches without a win for VfL Bochum
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around VfL Bochum are no longer polite ones.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
VfL Bochum baulk at the price for Lukas Jungwirth
Köln wanted more than $4.8M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market27 Aug 2029
VfL Bochum may not be able to give Uchenna Ogundu what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Uchenna Ogundu wants continental football; whether VfL Bochum can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
Graduation day at VfL Bochum
7 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Words at VfL Bochum training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Uchenna Ogundu 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 targets27 Aug 2029
AZ tell VfL Bochum: Carlos Coronel 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: David Winter joins the VfL Bochum first team
- Boardroom A promise the VfL Bochum board did not keep
- Squad 9 new faces, and VfL Bochum are still learning each other