Thomas Hartmann

Defensive Midfielder - FC Augsburg U18
18 Nov 2027
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The FC Augsburg Herald

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

36 days out for Han-Noah Massengo after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. FC Augsburg will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The terraces

Anger at FC Augsburg spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Market

Han-Noah Massengo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what FC Augsburg can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Finn Dahmen stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

The dugout

Jeffrey Gouweleeuw: 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.” FC Augsburg have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Words exchanged at FC Augsburg

Finn Dahmen 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.

Player ratings

The game went through Nathanaël Mbuku — 6.73

Marked 6.73 on 15 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Sacha Boey

FC Augsburg asked and Bayern Munich said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match

Fortuna Düsseldorf take the points off FC Augsburg

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief