Overview

• Simonis highlighted Arnold’s tactical intelligence and leadership role as essential for translating his playing philosophy on the pitch.
• Wolfsburg begins its competitive season on Saturday with a DFB-Pokal tie at fifth-tier SV Hemelingen to be broadcast live on Sky.
• Rogério, Jonas Wind and Jesper Lindström are unavailable for the cup match, and Mohammed Amoura’s involvement remains uncertain.
• Simonis joins Wolfsburg from Go Ahead Eagles Deventer after winning the Dutch cup and sees the DFB-Pokal as the most direct route back to European competition.
• The Bundesliga campaign opens on 23 August with an away fixture against 1. FC Heidenheim.