The Köln Sentinel
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Köln
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market30 Aug 2027
Felipe Loyola 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 The request is on a desk at Köln, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Saïd El Mala says Köln went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
No sign of nerves from Saïd El Mala at 21 — 7.72
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Saïd El Mala did not need any: 7.72, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match28 Aug 2027
Köln cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Köln
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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Köln
Ísak Jóhannesson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad30 Aug 2027
8 Köln players away with their countries
The training ground goes quiet for a fortnight. 8 men have gone off to be somebody else’s players, and the manager is left with the ones nobody has called.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Köln rebuffed over Sacha Boey
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bayern Munich have kept their man, and Köln go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Match Köln see off FC Augsburg
- The terraces One of their own: Rodrigo Ribeiro
- Market Jonas Krause steps up from the Köln academy