Overview

• Fan protests forced Fortuna Düsseldorf to scrap Shon Weissman’s signing despite a completed medical and club approval.
• Fortuna have lost both opening 2. Bundesliga matches, falling 5-1 at Arminia Bielefeld and 2-0 at home to Hannover 96.
• Hamburger SV concluded preseason with a fifth straight defeat, losing 0-2 to RCD Mallorca and raising doubts over their Bundesliga preparation.
• Borussia Mönchengladbach’s lack of discernible progress under Gerardo Seoane was exposed by mixed results in preseason tests.
• Hertha BSC remain winless after a 0-0 home draw with Karlsruher SC in which 16-year-old Kennet Eichhorn became the youngest player ever in 2. Bundesliga history.