The St. Pauli Chronicle
Market11 Jan 2027
Abdoulie Ceesay has said yes to Hamburger SV
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. St. Pauli have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
St. Pauli agree $1.2M for Jannik Huth
The clubs have shaken hands with SC Freiburg; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Match9 Jan 2027
At last: St. Pauli win one
10 matches without a win, and then this, against Köln. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Market11 Jan 2027
Facundo Rodríguez asks to leave St. Pauli
“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.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Vintage Jackson Irvine — 7.94
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.94, and nobody on the pitch better.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Facundo Rodríguez says St. Pauli went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Maxime Estève is a medical away from St. Pauli
The deal with RB Leipzig is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at St. Pauli
Jackson Irvine and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at St. Pauli training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maurits Kjærgaard 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Nagoya Grampus tell St. Pauli: Alex Kouto Horio Pisano is not for sale
- Market Andreas Schmidt steps up from the St. Pauli academy
- Match St. Pauli find a way past Köln