The Magdeburg Sentinel
Market23 Jun 2031
Moussa Cissé 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 The request is on a desk at Magdeburg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets23 Jun 2031
Omar Sillah is a medical away from Magdeburg
The deal with Werder Bremen is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market23 Jun 2031
Maxim Dal is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Magdeburg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets23 Jun 2031
No deal for Oliver Rölke at that price
Magdeburg offered $2.4M; Hamburger SV 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.
Boardroom23 Jun 2031
Maxim Dal signs for St. Pauli while still at Magdeburg
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Maxim Dal has agreed terms with St. Pauli for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad23 Jun 2031
Words exchanged at Magdeburg
Jean Hugonet 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.
Squad23 Jun 2031
A row about effort at Magdeburg
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Christoph Daferner was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets23 Jun 2031
Door shut on Saël Kumbedi
Magdeburg asked and VfL Wolfsburg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad23 Jun 2031
Sebastian Brandt out for 50 days
The medical room confirms 50 days on the sidelines for Sebastian Brandt, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Squad Magdeburg lose Benjamin Kaiser
- Boardroom Wages swallow 107% of the Magdeburg income
- Transfer targets Magdeburg ask about Jeremy Arévalo