GUTE NACHRICHT: Bochum gibt neuen Vertrag und Budget bekannt

VfL Wolfsburg. He stepped up during the season and saved all three teams from relegation.
A budget for the January transfer window will be needed. The club is weak in several areas, mainly the defence, with Brazilian left-back Bernardo and former Norwich City right-back Felix Passlack both out of contention due to injury.

The expected return of main keeper Manuel Riemann, who was suspended in the summer due to a falling out with then-manager Thomas Letsch, is a bonus.

The squad, which is valued at just €61m, the third-lowest in the top tier, only gained out-of-contract players in the summer, and Myron Boadu and Matus Bero, both midfielders, with two goals apiece, are the only regular scorers on the side.
The new VfL Bochum coach’s first task is a tricky home tie against Xabi Alonso’s title holders Leverkusen on Saturday