Can Bayern Munich win the Champions League? And why is it a huge deal for Pep Guardiola if they do? Well, it’s fairly obvious that to win the Champions League is something momentous, particularly if you do it with more than one club, but in recent years Guardiola has failed to pass the semi-final stage,
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The level of scrutiny on Brendan Rodgers this season, having acquiesced wholesale changes to his backroom staff over the summer, was always going to be more intense having spent in excess of £70 million to improve on last year’s dismal campaign, but it still seems obscene that he should be under pressure after just five
“I always have confidence in my players but we don’t only have Wayne Rooney in the striker’s position. We have Adnan Januzaj,” said Louis Van Gaal ahead of Manchester United’s first leg of their Champions League play-off with Club Brugge. 15 days later and they no longer have Adnan Januzaj, after a bizarre change of
Name: Robbie Kruse Position: Winger Age: 26 Country: Australia Club: Bayer Leverkusen Troubled start After a troubled start to his professional career, Robbie Kruse has worked diligently and transformed into one of his national team’s most important players. A knee injury ruled the winger out of the 2014 World Cup and his absence was
Growing internet whispers suggest Man City are prepared to part with approximately £47m to seal the signing of Kevin De Bruyne. Wolfsburg’s director of sport, Klaus Allofs, admits the Belgian’s “head has been turned” by talk of a transfer. If De Bruyne, who enjoyed one of the most entertainingly productive seasons in Europe last season,
Dortmund is not as big as they once were before they sold all their star players. However, there are still a few players for grabs for your FUT or Career Mode to strengthen your side. Let’s find who they are. Sokratis Papastathopoulos – 81 Sokratis was not good for Dortmund last season. He made
The transfer news does now amuse, big money is paid on time, Although many object - is what we expect, it really isn’t a crime. The agents are there - and they do car, what will the offer be? A fee so big - you have a jig - now you are so free. Sky
You might have noticed a lot of hype around Bayern Munich in FIFA Ultimate Team and FIFA 16 Career Mode. There is a simple reason for that: Bayern has a lot of quality players. We have sorted the Bavarians in order of their ranking in FIFA 16. Let’s find out where your favorite stands.
One of the exciting talents that emerged in the Bundesliga recently has been left back Abdul Baba Rahman. The twenty-one year old Ghanaian plies his trade for first division side Augsburg. Baba Rahman is a product of the Dreams Football Academy in Accra. He joined Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko before sealing his first foreign deal
The Gabonian striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has pledged his future to ️Borussia Dortmund by signing a new deal, which will see him stay at the Signal Iduna Park until 2020. Aubameyang was his team’s top scorer last season and has proved on several occasions that he is well suited to play at the number 9
After making the shock move from ️Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich for £37m, the 23 year old Germany international has been struggling to replicate his old, prodigious self. The young exciting player, who had all eyes pierced at him from on-lookers and observers, failed to live up to that expectation at his new home. And
Bayern Munich and Germany international star has been heavily linked with a move away from the Allianz Arena. Will he join former teammate Bastian Schweinsteiger in leaving the German champions for newer pastures? It has been the top transfer news in recent weeks, Manchester United have launched an enormous €100m to lure Thomas Müller away
Bayern Munich’s chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummennigge wasn’t at the launch of his club’s new kit to hear the jeers from a number of supporters, but he did say he expected it. “I don’t know if they were booing Bayern Munich or just the transfer itself” he told Bild, referring to the exit of Bastian Schweinsteiger
Throughout the spring there have been rumours about Son Heung-Min moving to Anfield, and there are plenty of European clubs keeping a close eye on Son this summer. The twenty-three year old had a phenomenal season for Bayer Leverkusen scoring eleven goals in the Bundesliga, and seventeen in total, as he helped Leverkusen finish fourth
Name: Kyriakos Papadopoulos Position: Centre-back Age: 23 Country: Greece Club: Bayer Leverkusen It is a testament to Kyriakos Papadopoulos’ ability and reputation that Bayer Leverkusen turned his loan move into a permanent one this season, despite the player spending a large portion of his time at the BayArena on the treatment tables. Leverkusen paid
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The European under-21 championship is known as a valuable platform for scouts from all over the continent, from the small to the big clubs, to scour for the best, upcoming talent on offer. And this is certainly the case for those hailing from a relatively obscure region such as Scandinavia. To give on-lookers a heads-up,
It has been a very long and tiring 2014/15 campaign for Borussia Dortmund. The black and yellows started the season in bad fettle as they struggled to come out of the relegation zone. Even worse they found themselves bottom of the pile in February before a remarkable resurgence saw them finish 7th, enabling them to
The 2014/15 Bundesliga is all over but the fighting, of which there has been lots. Emir Spahic was sacked by Bayer Leverkusen for head-butting a steward after a cup defeat to Bayern Munich, while Hamburg’s Johan Djorou and Valon Behrami went at it during half-time in their match with Wolfsburg. Those were unsavoury incidents in
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When you dread seeing the leaves fall from the trees because it signals the start of football season, or cringe when the first crocus pops its head out of the soils because it means baseball is just around the corner, you may be a sports widow. Sports widows are women who feel that their life
To celebrate the German title being decided, we’ve dedicated this week’s football crossword to all things Bundesliga. So if you think you know your Frankfurts and your Freiburgs, come with us on another puzzle adventure! Clues Across 7 Schalke 04’s Italian manager (2,6) 8 _ McInally, Scotsman who joined Bayern Munich in 1989 (4) 9 Johnny
April 15, 2022 was a day that would prove vital in the history of Borussia Dortmund as the charismatic manager Jürgen Klopp announced in a press conference that he will be leaving the Black and Yellow at the end of the season by stating that he was not the perfect man for this honorable job
So the weekend is over and it’s now time to analyse what happened, in the most honest, unbiased and fair way… Or just the opposite. It depends on how you see it. Barclays Premier League Chelsea stayed true to their ‘one goal margin’ name when they defeated Manchester at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. And