Michael Schröder

Central Defender - VfL Wolfsburg U20
19 Apr 2036
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491 Edition

The VfL Wolfsburg Herald

24 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Lucca Brughmans is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at VfL Wolfsburg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

Lucca Brughmans signs for Köln while still at VfL Wolfsburg

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Lucca Brughmans has agreed terms with Köln for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad

A falling-out at VfL Wolfsburg

Julian Gonstad and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Köln take the points off VfL Wolfsburg

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

A row about effort at VfL Wolfsburg

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eaden Roka was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Delé Thomas beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

David Stückler gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Patrick Yazbek stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Patrick Yazbek and VfL Wolfsburg agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Michael Schröder out for 29 days

The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Michael Schröder, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

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The VfL Wolfsburg Herald

26 Nov 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Delé Thomas runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at VfL Wolfsburg

Delé Thomas was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

VfL Wolfsburg cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market

Eron Isufi is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at VfL Wolfsburg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

VfL Wolfsburg promote Lukas Krause from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lukas Krause has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

VfL Wolfsburg promote Andreas Busch from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andreas Busch has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

VfL Wolfsburg promote Karl Baumann from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Karl Baumann has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Match

Julian Gonstad the difference as VfL Wolfsburg beat Heidenheim

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Julian Gonstad. 1‑0 against Heidenheim, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Eaden Roka 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.

In brief