Overview
- Cedric Itten, signed on a free transfer from Fortuna Düsseldorf, rejoined Werder Bremen’s first‑team training and was officially presented by the club this week.
- Werder’s sporting director reported that Itten’s performance diagnostics were very good and that the club will raise his training load step by step with the aim he can contribute in the DFB‑Pokal in about 2½ weeks.
- Several players missed Tuesday’s session as part of ongoing load management and recovery, with eight absentees including Niklas Stark, Jens Stage and Felix Agu while Olivier Deman returned to full training.
- New signing Dariusz Stalmach suffered an acromioclavicular shoulder injury in the Cottbus test and is expected to be out short term, possibly up to two weeks, while Mats Heitmann showed no structural knee damage and will be eased back in.
- Itten arrives with recent form and experience—he scored 16 goals last season and played at the World Cup—and the club cites his language skills and personal ties as factors that should speed his integration and on‑field impact.