The VfB Stuttgart Gazette
Boardroom24 May 2027
Continental nights are coming to VfB Stuttgart
Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.
Squad24 May 2027
Chema Andrés: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” VfB Stuttgart have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 May 2027
Tempers go at VfB Stuttgart
Maximilian Mittelstädt 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.
Squad24 May 2027
Words at VfB Stuttgart training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Deniz Undav 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.
Loan watch24 May 2027
Lazar Jovanović counts the days
“I watch every VfB Stuttgart game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Bayer Leverkusen runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market24 May 2027
VfB Stuttgart sign Gregor Richter, one for the future
Gregor Richter is 17, and VfB Stuttgart have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market24 May 2027
VfB Stuttgart sign Sebastian Schwarz, one for the future
Sebastian Schwarz is 14, and VfB Stuttgart have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market24 May 2027
VfB Stuttgart buy the years ahead of René Walter
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market24 May 2027
A long bet from VfB Stuttgart on Anton Albrecht
He is 16, and nobody at VfB Stuttgart signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Stefan Drljača
- Loan watch Yannik Keitel's loan at FC Augsburg nearly up