Overview
- VfL Gummersbach and 35-year-old playmaker Kentin Mahé announced a mutual, immediate end to the contract that had been due to run until 2027.
- Coach Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson said the club and Mahé agreed to part ways because he merits more minutes and a larger leadership role than he recently received.
- Mahé called the split mutual, expressed pride in his two spells with the club and said he was disappointed how his return unfolded but grateful for his time at VfL.
- In recent months Mahé often appeared as a substitute rather than as the playmaker role he was signed for in 2024, and no new club has been announced.
- Mahé leaves as one of Europe’s most decorated players—two-time world champion, two-time European champion and 2020 Olympic gold medalist—and his departure closes his latest chapter at Gummersbach while leaving open where he will play next.