The Werder Bremen Courier
Market30 Aug 2027
Samuel Mbangula 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 The request is on a desk at Werder Bremen, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Justin Njinmah: 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.” Werder Bremen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match28 Aug 2027
Justin Njinmah wins it after the whistle should have gone
93 minutes played. Justin Njinmah found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Fortuna Düsseldorf went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Werder Bremen
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 rebuffed over Igor Matanović
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. SC Freiburg have kept their man, and Werder Bremen go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match28 Aug 2027
Werder Bremen find a way past Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf made Werder Bremen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Samuel Mbangula
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Samuel Mbangula, and the manager let it.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
One of their own: Keke Topp
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market30 Aug 2027
Peter Weiß steps up from the Werder Bremen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Weiß 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 Georg Dietrich steps up from the Werder Bremen academy
- Market Werder Bremen promote Christoph Groß from within
- Squad Dawid Kownacki wants to go home