Overview

• Both clubs announced on Thursday evening that Martijn Kaars has moved from 1. FC Magdeburg to FC St. Pauli.
• Magdeburg said it filed a police complaint over an unauthorized photo of internal email correspondence that circulated on social media.
• Reports describe the image as a view of Sportchef Otmar Schork’s email or an open laptop at an U23 match, though the clubs have not specified the leak’s source.
• St. Pauli stated Kaars can be registered and used immediately, and local reporting suggests he could be included for Friday’s Hamburg derby.
• Neither club disclosed financial terms; Transfermarkt lists his value near €4 million and media report the fee could be in the mid single-digit millions.