Overview
- Hertha BSC opened training in freezing Berlin with John Brooks and Leon Jensen back for warm‑ups before flying to a one‑week Algarve camp.
- HSV shifted its first session to artificial turf due to snow, assessed a late switch to travel but prefers to stay in Hamburg, and said talks continue over goalkeeper Daniel Peretz as conflicting reports surfaced about a Southampton move.
- SV Schermbeck, stuck in a relegation spot, signed Tolga Özdemir and Kingsley Marcinek and is seeking a new keeper after Sebastian Speen terminated his contract for family reasons.
- VfL Bochum U21 confirmed Özdemir’s permanent exit to Schermbeck and faces a decisive three‑game Regionalliga run from January 25 to 31 against Fortuna Köln, Bonner SC and Velbert.
- 1. FC Nürnberg completed Semir Telalović’s loan to Arminia Bielefeld with a reported €850,000 option and is holding its winter work at Herzogenaurach rather than traveling.