The Magdeburg Sentinel
Market27 Aug 2029
Magdeburg say no — this time
The offer from Viborg for Marlon Faß was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market27 Aug 2029
Calvin Harris 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 The request is on a desk at Magdeburg, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout27 Aug 2029
Trayvion Jackson: 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.” Magdeburg have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Words exchanged at Magdeburg
Oscar Højlund 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.
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Magdeburg
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Marlon Faß falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
Magdeburg rebuffed over Luka Marić
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rapid Wien have kept their man, and Magdeburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market27 Aug 2029
One of our own: Dominik Beck joins the Magdeburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dominik Beck is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Aug 2029
One of our own: Patrick Maier joins the Magdeburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Maier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Magdeburg board did not keep
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Mateusz Żukowski
- Transfer targets Magdeburg try to borrow Lasse Rieß