Niclas Füllkrug rejoins Werder Bremen on loan from West Ham United
Striker Niclas Füllkrug returned to Werder Bremen in summer 2026 on a one-year loan from West Ham United after a difficult time in England.
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Niclas Füllkrug, a German international striker, returned to Werder Bremen in the summer of 2026 on a one-year loan from West Ham United. It was his third spell with the club, and the move was reported to involve him accepting a pay cut.
Füllkrug had left Bremen in 2023 for Borussia Dortmund and later moved to the Premier League with West Ham, where he struggled to establish himself. West Ham were relegated, which helped open the way for his departure.
In his earlier spells at Werder, he scored around 49 goals in 124 competitive games and helped the club win promotion back to the Bundesliga (Germany's top flight) in 2022. For many fans he remained a hero, so the comeback carried strong emotional weight.
The signing also mattered on the pitch. Werder, working with tight finances, needed goals and experience in attack. Füllkrug scored soon after his return, including in the German Cup first round, which set the stage for the scoring run that followed.
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