The St. Pauli Chronicle
Squad1 Jul 2030
Grischa Prömel damages knee ligaments — 136 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 136 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad1 Jul 2030
33 days out for Sacha Boey after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. St. Pauli will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market1 Jul 2030
Sacha Boey puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at St. Pauli, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets1 Jul 2030
No deal for Jean-Mattéo Bahoya at that price
St. Pauli offered $19.1M; Bayer Leverkusen said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market1 Jul 2030
Preslav Borukov agrees terms with Botev Plovdiv
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around St. Pauli people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Squad1 Jul 2030
Christian Conteh out for 42 days
The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Christian Conteh, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Jul 2030
Tempers go at St. Pauli
Sacha Boey 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.
Transfer targets1 Jul 2030
St. Pauli rebuffed over Christoph Baumgartner
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bayern Munich have kept their man, and St. Pauli go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets1 Jul 2030
St. Pauli ask about Mohamed Amoura
A loan enquiry to Bayern Munich: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Market Jed Wallace placed on the list
- The dugout Danilo Quaranta gets it from the manager
- The dugout Heinrich Heinrich knocks on the manager’s door