Overview
- Werder named Austria international Lilli Purtscheller as its first summer signing from SGS Essen.
- Purtscheller has 42 Bundesliga games and six goals for Essen and 23 Austria caps, but she missed this season after a second ACL tear in 2025.
- Head coach Friederike Kromp said a very large squad rebuild is underway with more transfer news to come.
- Confirmed changes include Larissa Mühlhaus joining Eintracht Frankfurt and Amira Arfaoui heading to SC Freiburg, with Michelle Ulbrich extending her deal.
- DeichStube reports Maja Sternad is close to Bayer Leverkusen, and Clemens Fritz expects a successor to Birte Brüggemann before preseason.