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A new season means a new start. And when a club makes changes to the coaching staff, then players work particularly hard in pre-season to earn a spot in the starting XI. One of the Green-and-Whites, however, was stopped in his track nearly two weeks ago. Just five minutes into the friendly against WSG Tirol, Yannick Gerhardt hurt his knee, with the injury set to keep him out of action for another few weeks. In a brief interview, the 28-year-old, who is currently working on his rehab programme in Cologne, spoke to us about this particular setback and his expectations for the new campaign.

VfL Wolfsburg host Premier League team Brentford at the AOK Stadion on Saturday 23 July (kick-off 16:00 CEST) as part of the club’s family fun day. There are even some parallels in the history of the two clubs. A look at the facts and figures on the Bees:

The Wolves are ready for the new campaign! In their sixth and final pre-season friendly of the summer, VfL Wolfsburg overcame English Premier League side Brentford 4-0.

Niko Kovac’s charges were in promising form throughout the encounter in front of 3,512 fans at the AOK Stadion, where Patrick Wimmer gave the Green-and-Whites the lead in the 27^th minute. Further efforts from Sebastiaan Bornauw (56’), Jonas Wind (66’) and Jakub Kaminski (86’) in the second half rounded out the scoreline.

The team’s first competitive game of the season is in exactly one week on Saturday 30 July (kick-off 18:00 CEST) in the first round of the DFB Cup, when they travel to the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld – home of fourth-tier side Carl Zeiss Jena.

Kevin Mbabu’s time at VfL Wolfsburg has come to an end after an agreement was reached with English Premier League club Fulham for the transfer of the 27-year-old.

Midfielder Elvis Rexhbecaj has left VfL Wolfsburg for fellow Bundesliga side FC Augsburg after the Wolves reached an agreement with the ‘Fuggerstädter’ over the sale of the 24-year-old. Rexhbecaj, who has been part of VfL’s first-team squad since 2017/18, spent the 2020/21 and 2021/22 campaigns on loan at 1. FC Köln and VfL Bochum respectively. As well as scoring twice in 32 appearances for the Green-and-Whites in the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and Europa League, he also made 47 outings for the reserves in the Regionalliga Nord (fourth division).

VfL Wolfsburg’s summer preparations are all but over. As ever, the Wolves’ first competitive fixture of the new campaign is the first round of the DFB Cup, which this season sees them travel to fourth-tier outfit FC Carl Zeiss Jena on Saturday 30 July (kick-off 18:00 CEST). Before the game, head coach Niko Kovac spoke to the media about…

VfL Wolfsburg have competed in the DFB Cup 114 times but this is the first time that they’ll face FC Carl Zeiss Jena. The facts and figures ahead of Niko Kovac’s competitive debut as Wolves coach:

Maximilian Arnold, who set a new appearance record for VfL Wolfsburg last season, has been named as the team’s new captain. Head coach Niko Kovac announced the decision on Friday.

VfL Wolfsburg won their first competitive match of the 2022/23 season, beating Carl Zeiss Jena 1-0 in the first round of the DFB Cup on Saturday evening. Omar Marmoush netted the winning goal for Niko Kovac’s side in the 92nd minute in front of a crowd of 6,100 at the sold-out Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld.

Friendly against Kassel: On Sunday morning the Wolves played a friendly game against KSV Hessen Kassel in order to help the players who have not featured as much recently to maintain their rhythm. The Green-and-Whites earned a 3-1 win with goals from Jakub Kaminski, Renato Steffen and Kevin Paredes.