The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post
Squad30 Jul 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Lars Wolke
26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Fortuna Düsseldorf lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad30 Jul 2035
Max Albæk breaks a bone — 105 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 105 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market30 Jul 2035
Fortuna Düsseldorf say no — this time
The offer from Lausanne-Sport for Khari Ranson 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.
Market30 Jul 2035
Terms done: Matthew Young is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and KV Kortrijk waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Fortuna Düsseldorf is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market30 Jul 2035
Darmstadt 98 join the queue for Hugo Bolin
Add another name to the list: Darmstadt 98 have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Hugo Bolin. The answer from Fortuna Düsseldorf has not changed — yet.
Market30 Jul 2035
Panagiotis Kattirtzis is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Fortuna Düsseldorf is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad30 Jul 2035
A falling-out at Fortuna Düsseldorf
Jaydon Banel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets30 Jul 2035
Door shut on Matyáš Vojta
Fortuna Düsseldorf asked and Borussia Dortmund said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad30 Jul 2035
Fortuna Düsseldorf lose Stephan Keller
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- The dugout Jaydon Banel asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout No hiding place for Iker Varela
- The dugout A door opens for Khari Ranson