The Arminia Bielefeld Courier
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
Pressure builds in the Arminia Bielefeld boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Marvin Mehlem: 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.” Arminia Bielefeld have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Up for the corner, and Marvin Mehlem delivers — 7.79
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Marvin Mehlem scored, was marked 7.79, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Market28 Aug 2028
Heidenheim watching Leon Schneider
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Arminia Bielefeld have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Arminia Bielefeld
Joel Grodowski 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.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Arminia Bielefeld
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tommaso Barbieri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Elye Wahi
Arminia Bielefeld asked and Schalke 04 said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of El Chadaille Bitshiabu
“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.
In brief
- Market Arminia Bielefeld promote Jonas Keller from within
- Market Markus Engel steps up from the Arminia Bielefeld academy
- Market Arminia Bielefeld promote Gregor Weiß from within