The Heidenheim Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Heidenheim say no — this time
The offer from Werder Bremen for Luca Kerber was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Heidenheim
Diant Ramaj 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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Heidenheim
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Benedikt Gimber 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marcel Böhm joins the Heidenheim first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcel Böhm is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Benjamin Bauer steps up from the Heidenheim academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Bauer 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 Gabriel Horn steps up from the Heidenheim academy
- Squad Somebody is after Patrick Mainka’s shirt
- Squad Eren Dinkçi is training like a man with a point to make
- Boardroom Heidenheim spend where nobody can see it