The Darmstadt 98 Chronicle
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Darmstadt 98 make their move for Erick Sánchez
$30.7M on the table at Southampton. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Match28 Aug 2027
Darmstadt 98 taken apart
0‑3 to VfL Bochum, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Door shut on Jens Petter Hauge
Darmstadt 98 asked and Genoa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market30 Aug 2027
Alexander Brunst agrees terms with SV Elversberg
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Darmstadt 98 people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Match28 Aug 2027
7 matches without a win for Darmstadt 98
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Darmstadt 98 are no longer polite ones.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Killian Corredor keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Darmstadt 98 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market30 Aug 2027
Matej Maglica asks to leave Darmstadt 98
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Darmstadt 98
Raúl De Tomás 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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Afonso Moreira was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Boardroom 5 academy players handed senior numbers at Darmstadt 98
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Kai Klefisch
- Market One of our own: Stephan Müller joins the Darmstadt 98 first team