The Arminia Bielefeld Courier
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Leon Schneider keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Arminia Bielefeld may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market30 Aug 2027
Joel Felix asks to leave Arminia Bielefeld
“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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Arminia Bielefeld sell Joel Grodowski for $3.1M
Joel Grodowski has left for Hannover 96 in a $3.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Eric Smith
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Arminia Bielefeld have done the hard part with TSG Hoffenheim, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Arminia Bielefeld
Sota Kawasaki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
An offer of $10.0K for Jens Grahl
Arminia Bielefeld have gone to Eintracht Frankfurt with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Suleman Sani 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.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Arminia Bielefeld
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 Arminia Bielefeld: 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Daniel Bauer joins the Arminia Bielefeld first team
- Market Arminia Bielefeld promote Sebastian Günther from within
- Match Arminia Bielefeld come up short against SV Elversberg