The Hertha BSC Courier
Market22 Jan 2029
Kilian Fischer asks to leave Hertha BSC
“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.
Market22 Jan 2029
András Schäfer has said yes to Diosgyor
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Hertha BSC have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market22 Jan 2029
Hertha BSC sell Maarten Vandevoordt for $8.8M
Maarten Vandevoordt has left for Porto in a $8.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market22 Jan 2029
Bayern Munich join the queue for Kim Min-Jae
Add another name to the list: Bayern Munich have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Kim Min-Jae. The answer from Hertha BSC has not changed — yet.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Hertha BSC
Fabian Reese 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.
Squad22 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Hertha BSC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kim Min-Jae was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match20 Jan 2029
The goals have deserted Hertha BSC
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Hertha BSC can tell you which week it ends in.
Transfer targets22 Jan 2029
Hertha BSC rebuffed over Louis Yamaguchi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hannover 96 have kept their man, and Hertha BSC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
No hiding place for Gift Orban
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gift Orban, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match Hertha BSC come up short against VfL Bochum
- Squad Lukas Schulz out for 42 days
- Loan watch Konstantin Heide has seen enough of Aktobe