Overview
- Sky Sport CH reports a winter move is not ruled out if his situation does not improve, with roughly 167 Bundesliga minutes and only two starts so far.
- Sporting director Sebastian Kehl calls reports of Mark Bellingham ‘stalking’ coach Niko Kovac “nonsense” and notes current midfielders are performing.
- Earlier tension followed a post–St. Pauli incident in which Bellingham’s parents entered a restricted area, after which the club warned it would not happen again.
- Local reports say there is no concrete external interest in Bellingham at present, though that could change if playing time remains limited.
- In a separate contract storyline, Bild via ran reports Nico Schlotterbeck seeks to lift his salary to over €10 million annually as talks to extend beyond 2027 continue.