The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
$8.8M settles it between the clubs for Dennis Seimen
VfB Stuttgart have accepted the money. What Fortuna Düsseldorf do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Too dear: Fortuna Düsseldorf walk away from Matheo Raab
$2.9M was the most the club would pay and SC Freiburg were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Marcus Müller says Fortuna Düsseldorf went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market28 Aug 2028
Fortuna Düsseldorf turn down Volendam for Travis de Jong
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
The paperwork begins on Mostafa Mohamed
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Fortuna Düsseldorf have done the hard part with Galatasaray, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Fortuna Düsseldorf
Mohamed Daramy 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 ratings28 Aug 2028
The game went through Valgeir Lunddal — 6.91
Marked 6.91 on 14 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
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.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Fortuna Düsseldorf rebuffed over Janis Blaswich
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. SC Freiburg have kept their man, and Fortuna Düsseldorf go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Fortuna Düsseldorf
- The dugout Mohamed Daramy gets it from the manager
- Market Lars Schubert steps up from the Fortuna Düsseldorf academy