Werder Bremen are targeting free agent goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier from Fortuna Düsseldorf to provide competition for Karl Hein in the Bundesliga next season.
Werder Bremen have confirmed that Clemens Fritz will remain as their sporting director after receiving backing from the club’s supervisory board, despite a disappointing 15th-place finish in the Bundesliga.
Leonardo Bittencourt is set to leave Werder Bremen this summer, but a thigh injury means the Brazilian midfielder will not play for the club again before his departure.
SV Werder Bremen remain entrenched in the Bundesliga relegation scrap following a damaging home defeat to FC Augsburg, with Romano Schmid acknowledging frustrated supporters had every right to voice their displeasure at the Weser-Stadion.