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Olivier Deman’s had a year at Werder last season with a few ebbs and flows. In total, the Belgian new signing made 14 starts having joined the Green-Whites just before the transfer deadline. After a strong start, he largely limited to short cameos as the season came to the end. In the mixed zone he spoke about missing out on the EUROs, his first preseason in a Werder shirt and looking forward to the future.

However, the fact that Ranos managed to land a big move to Borussia Mönchengladbach is somewhat of a surprise. This season has been the first professional season of Ranos’ life. In the fourth division of German football. Ranos has been utterly sensational this season but the step up from the fourth division to the first division is a massive one. A move to a 2. Bundesliga club was expected. Perhaps a Bundesliga struggler would have picked him up.

Frank, you have been on site at the TSG training camp in Kitzbühel since Tuesday. What have the past 48 hours been like for you?

Lois Openda, Willi Orban and Maarten Vandevoordt discuss the pre-season victory against Aston Villa

Angelo Stiller, Ömer Beyaz, Thomas Kastanaras, Nick Woltemade and Moussa Cissé got the goals as VfB beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5-2 in Thursday’s friendly.

The day began for the Union players with a hearty breakfast and some took advantage of the neighbouring “Ruppiner See” lake for a morning refreshment. This stretches over a length of 14 kilometres and offers a wonderful backdrop. Refreshed and well-fuelled, the players set off for their first training session. Training takes place on the grounds of MSV 1911 Neuruppin and the journey there leads through the historic town centre, which is well worth seeing. It impresses with its historic buildings and charming alleyways, where the famous writer Theodor Fontane was born over 200 years ago, which is why Neuruppin is also known as the ‘Fontane town’.

With Manchester City set to lose Germany international İlkay Gündoğan, Pep Guardiola could be plotting to reunited with his old Bayern Munich charge, Joshua Kimmich, by offering Joao Cancelo in swap deal:

The Red Bulls present the third jersey of the 2024/25 season

Union members enjoy a right of first refusal on the first day of sale, from Friday tickets will be available for free online and in all Zeughaus stores. The price list can be found here.

In a blow for Werder Bremen and Amos Pieper, the centre-back picked up a thigh muscle injury in training on Tuesday. This was confirmed by an MRI scan on Wednesday.