The Mainz 05 Chronicle
Squad19 Jul 2038
Tempers go at Mainz 05
Philipp Köhn 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.
Squad19 Jul 2038
Rémy Labeau Lascary 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.
Squad19 Jul 2038
The manager makes an example of Stephan Schäfer
“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.
Market19 Jul 2038
The Paul Nebel question follows Mainz 05 around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Paul Nebel’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad19 Jul 2038
William Bøving has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. William Bøving keeps the shirt for now, at Mainz 05's convenience rather than his own.
Market19 Jul 2038
Mainz 05 shop where it costs nothing
Lev Polunin signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.
In brief
- Market Prokhor Iljin leaves for nothing
- Market Lev Polunin leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Mainz 05 production line keeps running