The TSG Hoffenheim Post
Squad28 Aug 2028
The knee: Felix Platte out for 90 days
90 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. TSG Hoffenheim lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market28 Aug 2028
Terms done: Alessandro Vogt is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Eintracht Frankfurt waiting with a shirt. Nobody at TSG Hoffenheim is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
A defender's goal wins it for TSG Hoffenheim — 7.92
1 for Carney Chukwuemeka, marked 7.92, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A falling-out at TSG Hoffenheim
Robert Moreau and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
No deal for Miro Muheim at that price
TSG Hoffenheim offered $380.0K; Köln said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at TSG Hoffenheim
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
Oscar Barreto will join TSG Hoffenheim for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Oscar Barreto has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means TSG Hoffenheim have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Bryan Zaragoza beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Konstantinos Karetsas
TSG Hoffenheim asked and Borussia Dortmund said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad A late step up for Felix Platte
- Market Peter Ziegler steps up from the TSG Hoffenheim academy
- Market TSG Hoffenheim promote Gregor Lang from within