Markus Meier

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Kaiserslautern U18
17 Mar 2033
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Marked for Markus Meier

288 Edition

The Kaiserslautern Sentinel

2 Feb 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Feb 2032

A fracture rules Markus Meier out for 20 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kaiserslautern will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets2 Feb 2032

No deal for Elye Wahi at that price

Kaiserslautern offered $8.0M; Fortuna Düsseldorf said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Boardroom2 Feb 2032

Kaiserslautern write off $595.4K on Rayan Philippe

He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $595.4K of what Kaiserslautern paid for Rayan Philippe is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.

Market2 Feb 2032

Kaiserslautern say no — this time

The offer from Tottenham for Harry Gray 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.

The dugout2 Feb 2032

Patric Pfeiffer: 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.” Kaiserslautern have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom2 Feb 2032

Kaiserslautern close the window on a squad of their own making

4 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market2 Feb 2032

Kodai Sano raises the bar for Kaiserslautern

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Kaiserslautern heard it as anything else.

Squad2 Feb 2032

A falling-out at Kaiserslautern

Kodai Sano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets2 Feb 2032

Hertha BSC tell Kaiserslautern: Karl Hein 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.

In brief

Back issues
287 Edition

The Kaiserslautern Sentinel

26 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Jan 2032

Markus Meier breaks a bone — 27 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match26 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern are in real trouble now

Position 16, 12 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Transfer targets26 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern make their move for Elye Wahi

$8.0M on the table at Fortuna Düsseldorf. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market26 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern say no — this time

The offer from Luzern for Umut Tohumcu 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.

Market26 Jan 2032

Ricard Artero 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 Kaiserslautern, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout26 Jan 2032

Lasse Rosenboom says Kaiserslautern 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.

Match24 Jan 2032

The wait goes on for Kaiserslautern

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad26 Jan 2032

Words exchanged at Kaiserslautern

Kodai Sano 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.

Transfer targets26 Jan 2032

Manchester United tell Kaiserslautern: Mark Travers 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.

In brief

286 Edition

The Kaiserslautern Sentinel

19 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad19 Jan 2032

35 days out for Markus Meier after a fracture

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

Transfer targets19 Jan 2032

Schalke 04 tell Kaiserslautern: Mateo Retegui 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.

Market19 Jan 2032

Only the photograph left for Tiago Tomás

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Tiago Tomás will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kaiserslautern the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market19 Jan 2032

Christian Gomis asks to leave Kaiserslautern

“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.

The dugout19 Jan 2032

Joe Brayson: 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.” Kaiserslautern have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market19 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern turn down VfL Wolfsburg for Samuele Inácio

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad19 Jan 2032

Christantus Uche 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 Kaiserslautern this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match17 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

The dugout19 Jan 2032

The manager makes an example of Noel Törnqvist

“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

285 Edition

The Kaiserslautern Sentinel

12 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets12 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern bid $17.0M for Mateo Retegui

The offer went to Schalke 04 this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad12 Jan 2032

A fracture rules Markus Meier out for 42 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kaiserslautern will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market12 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern turn down Fortuna Düsseldorf for Keisuke Goto

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market12 Jan 2032

Lasse Rieß asks to leave Kaiserslautern

“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.

The dugout12 Jan 2032

Alan Cano keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kaiserslautern may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad12 Jan 2032

Tempers go at Kaiserslautern

Christantus Uche was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad12 Jan 2032

Home is on Kodai Sano's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Kaiserslautern are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Transfer targets12 Jan 2032

Elye Wahi due for a Kaiserslautern medical

Everything agreed with Fortuna Düsseldorf, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market12 Jan 2032

Roony Bardghji raises the bar for Kaiserslautern

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Kaiserslautern heard it as anything else.

In brief

284 Edition

The Kaiserslautern Sentinel

5 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Jan 2032

50 days out for Markus Meier after a fracture

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

Market5 Jan 2032

Harry Gray asks to leave Kaiserslautern

“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.

Market5 Jan 2032

Jorthy Mokio raises the bar for Kaiserslautern

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Kaiserslautern heard it as anything else.

Market5 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern say no — this time

The offer from FC Košice for Kuba Bochniarz 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.

Squad5 Jan 2032

A falling-out at Kaiserslautern

Kodai Sano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad5 Jan 2032

A move Antoine Joujou would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Antoine Joujou is living that version at Kaiserslautern, and it tends to show in the first month.

Match3 Jan 2032

Whatever happens, Kaiserslautern do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Transfer targets5 Jan 2032

Kaiserslautern rebuffed over Louis Yamaguchi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Preußen Münster have kept their man, and Kaiserslautern go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market5 Jan 2032

VfL Wolfsburg join the queue for Samuele Inácio

Add another name to the list: VfL Wolfsburg have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Samuele Inácio. The answer from Kaiserslautern has not changed — yet.

In brief