The Heidenheim Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim make their move for Tim Lemperle
$16.6M on the table at TSG Hoffenheim. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Patrick Mainka signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Patrick Mainka and Heidenheim agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Heidenheim
Budu Zivzivadze 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
A row about effort at Heidenheim
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marvin Pieringer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Matteo Bignetti
Heidenheim asked and Sturm Graz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim promote Friedrich Lorenz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Friedrich Lorenz has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jonas Seidel steps up from the Heidenheim academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonas Seidel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim promote Robert Günther from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Günther has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Robert Keller joins the Heidenheim first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robert Keller is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets Heidenheim try to borrow Patrice Čović
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Heidenheim
- The dugout Patrick Mainka knocks on the manager's door