Overview
- Tobias Sippel, in a deal announced Monday, will stay next season as first-team backup and take on expanded youth goalkeeping coaching.
- Sporting director Rouven Schröder called the arrangement a good solution for both sides and praised Sippel’s leadership and experience.
- Gladbach keeps Moritz Nicolas as the starter, with Jan Olschowsky and Tiago Pereira Cardoso in reserve, and Jonas Omlin out on loan to Bayer Leverkusen.
- Sippel left a friendly at VfL Osnabrück last week with a calf issue, yet the club proceeded with the extension as planned.
- The 38-year-old has been with Gladbach since 2015, stands among the longest-tenured players alongside Nico Elvedi, and last featured in a competitive match in February 2025.