The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Hertha BSC tell Fortuna Düsseldorf: Igor Matanović is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Aleix García takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Luca Vozar: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Fortuna Düsseldorf have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Fortuna Düsseldorf baulk at the price for Marcel Sabitzer
VfB Stuttgart wanted more than $2.8M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Ritsu Doan in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fortuna Düsseldorf this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Fortuna Düsseldorf
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.
Match26 Aug 2028
Aleix García the difference as Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Werder Bremen
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Aleix García. 3‑2 against Werder Bremen, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market28 Aug 2028
Schalke 04 watching Budu Zivzivadze
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Fortuna Düsseldorf have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Marcel Lotka
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Uwe Schäfer joins the Fortuna Düsseldorf first team
- Market One of our own: Markus Krause joins the Fortuna Düsseldorf first team
- Market Uwe Jäger steps up from the Fortuna Düsseldorf academy