The Greuther Fürth Courier
Market30 Aug 2027
Werder Bremen come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Greuther Fürth did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Alejandro Iturbe
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Pelle Boevink: 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.” Greuther Fürth have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match28 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Greuther Fürth
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Julian Green pops up at the right end — 7.34
7.34, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Greuther Fürth make their move for Takashi Usami
$100.0K on the table at FC Augsburg. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Greuther Fürth
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Werder Bremen tell Greuther Fürth: Samuel Mbangula is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market30 Aug 2027
Tim Wolf steps up from the Greuther Fürth academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Wolf has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Greuther Fürth promote Markus Voigt from within
- Market One of our own: Anton Schmitt joins the Greuther Fürth first team
- Player ratings Facundo Waller ran the middle of the pitch — 7.17