The Arminia Bielefeld Courier
Market16 Oct 2028
Mika Schroers 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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Arminia Bielefeld
Stefano Russo 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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Hervé Koffi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Arminia Bielefeld count the cost of losing Peter Pohl
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
No hiding place for Francesco Bellone
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Francesco Bellone, and the manager let it.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
Arminia Bielefeld keep their word to Hervé Koffi
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Francesco Bellone has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Arminia Bielefeld will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
Tim Handwerker has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Arminia Bielefeld will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
Leon Schneider asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Looking ahead Afonso Moreira faces his old club
- Market The Tim Handwerker talk will not go away
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Arminia Bielefeld