The Darmstadt 98 Chronicle
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Fee done, terms next for Dejan Ljubičić
Darmstadt 98 and Schalke 04 have settled on $9.4M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Darmstadt 98 baulk at the price for Derry Scherhant
SC Freiburg wanted more than $11.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market6 Sep 2027
Yosuke Furukawa asks to leave Darmstadt 98
“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.
Market6 Sep 2027
Darmstadt 98 turn down Schalke 04 for Merveille Papela
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Window shuts: 12 in, 5 out at Darmstadt 98
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 12 arrived, 5 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market6 Sep 2027
Othmane El Idrissi’s move to Hannover 96 falls through
The deal that would have taken Othmane El Idrissi to Hannover 96 has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Darmstadt 98 with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Darmstadt 98 go back to the board over Dejan Ljubičić
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $9.9M — a club that wants Dejan Ljubičić enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
The paperwork begins on Noël Atom
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Darmstadt 98 have done the hard part with SV Elversberg, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A falling-out at Darmstadt 98
Jonas Hofmann and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Squad Patric Pfeiffer falls out with a teammate over standards
- Transfer targets Eintracht Braunschweig tell Darmstadt 98: Andi Hoti is not for sale
- Squad Peter Herrmann signs on for more