Per Mertesacker and the 10 best German Premier League imports including Ballack,
Klinsmann and Hamann
Ze Germans who have graced English football
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A news article on 2011-09-02 07:30:00 from: Talksport
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With the Champions League starting again tomorrow night and Michael Ballack making an "emotional"
return to Stamford Bridge, I thought I would re post an article I wrote back when the day it was
confirmed that Ballack was leaving us was announced (so remember all of the below is back
then).
Ballack spoke about tomorrow and said:
"I was very happy.
Michael Ballack returns to Stamford Bridge tonight for the first time since he left the club over a
year ago. Whether or not he plays is another thing, but Ballack spoke to the media ahead of the
game and was keen to speak of his time at the club.
He said:
"There are still a few players there and some who left in the meantime who I am still
friends with and whom I am still in touch with and also a few of the staff.
AVB and company open their European account with a fair acquittal against a tough German outfit.
Goals from David Luiz and Juan Mata (both set up by Fernando Torres) sealed all three points on
this night. More after the jump:
Back in style
The Match:
You have to be pleased with what you saw.
I have to say the Nico Anelka reports of the past week are slightly confusing. I hadn't posted on
it as I was waiting until now to do so, but since AVB more or less confirmed that Anelka "wouldn't
be signing a new contract" and when asked does he want to leave, saying "Yes!" indicated to me that
he would be off and more than likely in January.
