Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp achieved his greatest success last season when he lifted the club to an impressive 5th place which would secure Europa League football for the coming season. Although Klopp is relatively inexperienced, his enthusiasm and thirst for success will spur his side on to greater success. Klopp has quite a squad...
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Leverkusen manager Jupp Heynckes has quite the task ahead of him if he has any chance of finishing 4th this season in the Bundesliga. Heynckes, who is known as ‘Osram’ by some in Germany, for the way his face goes red while under stress on the sidelines, will be looking to continue his success...
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World football legend Raul, who made his name playing for Spanish giants Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, has completed a transfer to Schalke in the Bundesliga. The ex-Real Madrid man is an absolute icon of Spanish and European football. Over what has been a stellar career, Raul has managed 554 league games...
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Manager Thomas Schaaf will be delighted with the fact that many of the youngsters under his wing have sprung to worldwide success in South Africa this summer during the World Cup. Mesut Ozil, in particular, was a massive success. Schaaf will be confident in his ability, and his players’ abilities, to challenge for domestic...
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Felix Magath made a stunning start to his Schalke career after baffling critics and defied expectations after leading Die Konigsblauen to a second-placed Bundesliga finish last season. The season prior to last, Magath was with VfL Wolfsburg and managed to win the Bundesliga that year. Certainly, Magath is capable of the absolute best and...
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The Bundesliga’s reigning champions and last year’s Champions League finalists will be raring to go this season after experiencing so much success under Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal last term. The Dutch tactician has made clear that he will not be at the Allianz Arena for much longer as he feels he is ready...
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Serbian starlet Gojko Kacar has today completed a move to Hamburg from recently-relegated Hertha Berlin. After Hertha were relegated last season, Kacar was linked with all of the biggest clubs in Europe. After a long negotiation process, Kacar has signed for Hamburg. The young Serbian has spoken about his delight at the move: “I...
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Stuttgart and Germany midfielder Sami Khedira has today spoken of his dream to play for Spanish giants Real Madrid. After Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho announced his interest in the young midfielder, transfer speculation surrounding Khedira has been rife and rampant. Now, though, Khedira has come out and spoken of a potential move to...
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Wolfsburg have announced their intentions of holding onto Bosnian duo Edin Dzeko and Zvejzdan Misimovic this summer. The pair have coem under intense transfer speculation all summer, and it was thought that deals had been agreed for the pair to complete mega-money moves out of Germany. The club’s managing director, Dieter Hoeness, has declared...
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Bayern Munich’s head coach Louis Van Gaal has announced today that Ukrainian midfielder Anatoliy Tymoschchuk could be on his way out of Bavaria this summer. Van Gaal spoke to Kicker magazine in Germany about the midfield situation at Bayern Munich, and what could change this summer. “In my opinion, a player should be allowed...
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Hoffenheim’s attacking midfielder Maicosuel has moved back to Brazil with Botafogo after failing to settle in with Hoffe last season. Before Maicosuel joined Hoffenheim, he was on loan at Botafogo in Brazil from Cruzeiro. After impressing in the Brazilian State Championship with Botafogo, Cruzeiro opted to sell the young midfielder to Hoffenheim for nearly...
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Bayern Munich and France winger Franck Ribery’s summer just keeps getting worse. From failing with France at the World Cup, to facing up to three years in prison for having sex with an underage prostitute. This story first broke in 2009, when Ribery was first questioned with regards to a prostitution ring in France....
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German national team coach Joachim loew has signed a contract extension that will see him lead Germany into the European Championships in 2012 in Ukraine and Poland. Should Loew impress at this tournament, he will surely be given another extension to lead Germany into World Cup 2014 in Brazil. After a very impressive display...
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Schalke boss Felix Magath has announced today that Heiko Westermann is set to move to Hamburg after a transfer has been agreed between the two sides. Magath stated that the move was based on first-team football, and that Westermann would not be played regularly in the center of Schalke’s defense. From Soccernet.com: “Heiko has...
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Louis Van Gaal spoke to Kicker magazine about his Bayern Munich side and what he would like to change to reinforce the side for the coming season. Van Gaal spoke specifically about Franck Ribery as well, who he believes Die Roten fans have not seen the best of yet. “Bayern pay the players very...
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Steve McClaren has been ringing in the changes as he prepares to challenge for a European spot this season. McClaren just recently took over Wolfsburg as head coach just previous to the World Cup, and has been cutting out all of the dead weight in the squad, and bringing in very competent reinforcements. So...
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Bayern Munich’s head coach Louis Van Gaal has spoke to Kicker magazine in Germany about Germany’s World Cup exit, and his ambitions after Bayern Munich. Van Gaal spoke to the fact that Germany decided to sit back against Spain, a team that if attacked, he believes, would have been beatable. “That was the only...
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Hamburg battled out a 0–0 draw with Italian giants Juventus today in a pre-season match between the two sides. Whilst Hamburg did have quite a few chances to take the lead, strong goalkeeping and a bit of pre-season rust kept it all square. Hamburg lined up quite strongly, with only few players coming from...
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Sami Khedira’s already impressive career just seems to keep on getting better. From winning the Bundesliga title with Stuttgart at only 19 years old, to captaining the German U-21 side to European glory in 2009, to reaching the World Cup semi-final with the German national team in 2010, to now being considered a transfer...
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Hamburg’s Marcus Berg has agreed a one-year loan deal with PSV, after falling down the pecking order at his club after failing to impress in his first season. Having played 30 games for HSV and only scoring 4 goals, Hamburg have decided that the young Swedish star is in need of a year out...
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