The Darmstadt 98 Chronicle
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
An offer of $10.6M for Derry Scherhant
Darmstadt 98 have gone to SC Freiburg 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.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
An offer of $8.9M for Dejan Ljubičić
Darmstadt 98 have gone to Schalke 04 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.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Patric Pfeiffer says Darmstadt 98 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Marcel Schuhen stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market30 Aug 2027
Málaga come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Darmstadt 98 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market30 Aug 2027
Othmane El Idrissi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Darmstadt 98 can pretend not to have heard.
Market30 Aug 2027
Darmstadt 98 may not be able to give Kai Klefisch what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Kai Klefisch wants continental football; whether Darmstadt 98 can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Darmstadt 98
Jonas Hofmann 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.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Darmstadt 98
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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Boca Juniors tell Darmstadt 98: Adam Bareiro is not for sale
- Market Jonas Bergmann steps up from the Darmstadt 98 academy
- Match Darmstadt 98 come up short against VfL Bochum