Overview
- Borussia Dortmund says 18‑year‑old Konstantinos Karetsas remains in hospital, is "den Umständen entsprechend gut," will miss the next match and is undergoing further tests while the club reports no proven link to a separate youth circulatory incident.
- Sport director Ole Book and coach Niko Kovac stressed the club checked for connections between Karetsas’s collapse and another Youth League player and found none, and they confirmed the squad has been affected emotionally but remains in contact with the hospitalized player.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach publicly rejected claims it had silenced captain Tim Kleindienst after his blunt criticism, with sport chief Rouven Schröder saying the club supports his role as a vocal leader.
- FC Bayern sporting director Max Eberl bluntly denied media reports of a rift with colleague Christoph Freund, and Union Berlin published its DFB‑Pokal and Bundesliga dates while reporting that forwards Oliver Burke and Andrej Ilic are progressing toward mid‑September returns.
- Coaches across the league described rising operational and mental‑health pressures: SC Paderborn’s Ralf Kettemann spoke about seeking professional help for severe strain, and Werder’s Fritzy Kromp outlined practical limits on sideline communication at loud stadiums.