The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Squad23 Jul 2035
Sebastian Lodberg damages knee ligaments — 42 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 42 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom23 Jul 2035
The silence upstairs is getting loud at SC Freiburg
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market23 Jul 2035
Chico Lamba is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at SC Freiburg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market23 Jul 2035
Sebastian Lodberg hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what SC Freiburg can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Jul 2035
Words at SC Freiburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jamie Leweling is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad23 Jul 2035
Words exchanged at SC Freiburg
Carlos López 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 targets23 Jul 2035
RB Leipzig tell SC Freiburg: Mio Backhaus 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.
Market23 Jul 2035
SC Freiburg promote Gregor Pohl from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gregor Pohl has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Jul 2035
SC Freiburg promote Anton Martin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anton Martin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout Adam Wharton has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Malick Fofana asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout No hiding place for Archie Stevens