The Nürnberg Post
Squad30 Aug 2027
88 days out for Amin Younes after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nürnberg will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market30 Aug 2027
Adam Markhiev 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 The request is on a desk at Nürnberg, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Julian Justvan keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nürnberg may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Nürnberg
Jan Reichert 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Raif Adam arrives at Nürnberg as the heir apparent
Every dressing room knows how to read a signing like this one. Raif Adam is not here to sit and wait indefinitely, and the man whose place he has been bought to take knows it better than anyone.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Nürnberg
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 row about effort at Nürnberg
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adam Markhiev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Nürnberg rebuffed over Axel Tape
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bayer Leverkusen have kept their man, and Nürnberg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market30 Aug 2027
Gregor Engel steps up from the Nürnberg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gregor Engel 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 Martin Walter steps up from the Nürnberg academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Nürnberg against Heidenheim
- Boardroom A promise the Nürnberg board did not keep