The Heidenheim Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim agree $5.6M for Luca Philipp
The clubs have shaken hands with TSG Hoffenheim; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim rebuffed over Christoph Baumgartner
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. RB Leipzig have kept their man, and Heidenheim go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim turn down Union Berlin for Patrick Mainka
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim make their move for Tymoteusz Puchacz
$580.0K on the table at Holstein Kiel. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Heidenheim go back to the board over Tymoteusz Puchacz
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $631.1K — a club that wants Tymoteusz Puchacz enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Justin Heekeren due for a Heidenheim medical
Everything agreed with Anderlecht, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
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 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jürgen Ludwig steps up from the Heidenheim academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jürgen Ludwig 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
One of our own: Andreas Simon joins the Heidenheim first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andreas Simon 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 Paul Lange steps up from the Heidenheim academy
- Squad A falling-out at Heidenheim
- The dugout Patrick Mainka knocks on the manager's door