The Arminia Bielefeld Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Julian Kania signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Julian Kania and Arminia Bielefeld agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Monju Momuluh 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 targets3 Aug 2026
Arminia Bielefeld rebuffed over Raul Florucz
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Union SG have kept their man, and Arminia Bielefeld go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Artem Zaloha again
The phone has started ringing about Artem Zaloha again, and this time the name on the line is SV Elversberg. Arminia Bielefeld are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Isaiah Young wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Arminia Bielefeld can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Arminia Bielefeld
Stefano Russo 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Julian Kania
Still no offer on the table, and Julian Kania’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Arminia Bielefeld try to borrow Andrija Maksimović
RB Leipzig have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Arminia Bielefeld ask about Rio Ngumoha
A loan enquiry to Liverpool: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Arminia Bielefeld and Robin Knoche
- The dugout Monju Momuluh asks for a word with the manager
- Market Thomas Pledl joins Arminia Bielefeld on a free