The VfL Wolfsburg Herald
Market14 Sep 2026
Maximilian Arnold asks to leave VfL Wolfsburg
“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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
VfL Wolfsburg rebuffed over Allan Saint-Maximin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Charlotte Football Club have kept their man, and VfL Wolfsburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at VfL Wolfsburg
Dani Ceballos 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at VfL Wolfsburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emre Can 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Emre Can
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Leon Mayer joins the VfL Wolfsburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leon Mayer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
VfL Wolfsburg promote Leon Graf from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leon Graf 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Harold Preciado the difference as VfL Wolfsburg beat Borussia Dortmund
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Harold Preciado. 1‑0 against Borussia Dortmund, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Emre Can is a square peg at VfL Wolfsburg
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad 18 new faces, and VfL Wolfsburg are still learning each other
- Player ratings Harold Preciado stands above it all
- The dugout Mattias Svanberg is still paying for one afternoon at VfL Wolfsburg