Overview

• Markus Krapf says FC Augsburg is on a good path after roughly 100 days under coach Sandro Wagner and sporting director Benni Weber.
• The team’s start is mixed at seven competitive matches with three wins and four losses, including a defeat to Bayern, followed by a 3-1 rebound over Wolfsburg.
• Homegrown players Noahkai Banks and Mert Kömür started against Wolfsburg as Wagner elevates academy talent into the first team.
• Krapf reports about €7 million in annual academy spending and attributes roughly €20 million in recent squad-value growth to academy graduates.
• A multi-year case over social-security accounting was settled with the Amtsgericht Augsburg in September, which Krapf says left little of the initial suspicions.