Personae Non Gratae — Werder Bremen
Aad de Mos - Thanks for nothing: the Dutchman was allowed to run the team for only six months before being shown the door.
Personae Non Gratae
Aad de Mos - Thanks for nothing: the Dutchman was allowed to run the team for only six months before being shown the door.
Aad de Mos - Thanks for nothing: the
Aad de Mos - Thanks for nothing: the Dutchman was allowed to run the team for only six months before being shown the door.
Aad de Mos - Thanks for nothing: the Dutchman was allowed to run the team for only six months before being shown the door. After the departure of father figure Otto, Bremen ambitiously presented their new coach on July 1, 1995. De Mos was supposed to carry on what Rehhagel had built. Vice-president Klaus-Dieter Fischer and president Dr. Franz Boehmert could hardly stop raving at the unveiling, but they rejoiced too soon. Bremen quickly discovered that the Dutchman only enriched the club in one area: headline production. After the first half of the season Werder had only three wins and sat a sobering fifteenth. What sealed his fate was not just the poor points total. In an interview with Der Spiegel, de Mos talked himself into trouble, claiming that he had nothing to do in this frozen football country and that nothing would ever become of Bremen. He was dismissed without notice for conduct damaging to the club, sued both Der Spiegel and Werder, tried to force his reinstatement through the courts, and eventually went home with a severance package of one million marks. Thanks for that.
Juergen Trittin - The blowhard: lifelong Werder, not
Juergen Trittin - The blowhard: lifelong Werder, not one day Wiesenhof, declared Green politician Juergen Trittin in August 2012.
Juergen Trittin - The blowhard: lifelong Werder, not one day Wiesenhof, declared Green politician Juergen Trittin in August 2012. When Bremen signed poultry company Wiesenhof as their new shirt sponsor, Trittin responded by resigning as the club's environmental ambassador. He argued that the firm was part of the industrial farming system and incompatible with a sustainable and environmentally conscious club. The bosses did not care, and Trittin stuck to his line - while remaining a football supporter of Werder.
Ivan Klasnic - The unlucky one: the Croatian
Ivan Klasnic - The unlucky one: the Croatian played for Werder for seven years before rejecting the contract extension on offer, largely because of the club doctors.
Ivan Klasnic - The unlucky one: the Croatian played for Werder for seven years before rejecting the contract extension on offer, largely because of the club doctors. In April 2008 he filed suit against team doctors Goetz Dimanski and Manju Guha for failing to detect his poor kidney values in time. Klasnic, who underwent a kidney transplant in 2007 and became the only active professional footballer in the world playing with a transplanted kidney, demanded damages and compensation totaling 1.5 million euros. He said years of treatment with painkillers had further damaged his kidneys. In 151 Bundesliga matches he scored 49 goals for Werder and won the 2004 double, but even an improved contract offer could not persuade him to stay. His mistrust of the club doctors outweighed everything else, and to this day Klasnic has not forgiven the club for the failures in his treatment.
Personae Non Gratae — Update 2020–2026
Tim Wiese, the former national goalkeeper and Werder icon, was excluded from the club’s former-players team in 2022/23 and given a stadium ban.
Tim Wiese, the former national goalkeeper and Werder
Tim Wiese, the former national goalkeeper and Werder icon, was excluded from the club’s former-players team in 2022/23 and given a stadium ban.
Tim Wiese, the former national goalkeeper and Werder icon, was excluded from the club’s former-players team in 2022/23 and given a stadium ban. The background: images and allegations placing him close to the far-right scene. Wiese denied the accusations, but the club remained firm. For a player who had made 202 Bundesliga appearances for Werder and had been part of the side that nearly reached the UEFA Cup final in 2009, it was a deep fall.
Mesut Ozil, during planning for a Diego farewell
Mesut Ozil, during planning for a Diego farewell match, was considered “not welcome” in Bremen’s orbit.
Mesut Ozil, during planning for a Diego farewell match, was considered “not welcome” in Bremen’s orbit. The club distanced itself from his public statements.
Naby Keita arrived on a free transfer from
Naby Keita arrived on a free transfer from Liverpool in 2023 — and became the definition of a failed signing.
Naby Keita arrived on a free transfer from Liverpool in 2023 — and became the definition of a failed signing. The Guinean midfielder was suspended for disciplinary reasons and never truly integrated into the team. The separation followed in 2024.