The Mainz 05 Chronicle
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mainz 05
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market30 Aug 2027
Randers come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Mainz 05 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market30 Aug 2027
Arthur 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 The request is on a desk at Mainz 05, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Paul Nebel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Paul Nebel and Mainz 05 agree another 5 years.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Mainz 05
Nadiem Amiri 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Djomar Giersthove is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Mainz 05 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kaishu Sano 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.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Mainz 05
5 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
One of our own: Gregor Baumann joins the Mainz 05 first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gregor Baumann is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Mainz 05 promote Jonas Winkler from within
- Player ratings Eric Martel was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Boardroom Mainz 05 board go back on their word