Bombshell out of Germany this afternoon when German media "Bild" announced that BAYERN MUNICH would
pay the 40M€ contract release clause of JAVI MARTINEZ midfielder for ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO &
Spanish International. Javi Martinez The Spanish Football Club is silent & the German Club Bayern
Munich dismiss the news as being incorrect.
Guten Morgen! Germany's Mesut Ozil grabbed a cuppa of kaffee
before his press duties in Gdansk, Poland this morning and basically brought it
with him to the table in front of the media. When you're about to be pelted right, left and centre
with questions about Italy a team the German team has never beaten on a
competitive level before at 11 in the morning, your only friend in the world is
caffeine!
Portugal defender Bruno Alves says his team will be out to prove the German media wrong on
Saturday, after pundits branded his side the 'weakest' team in Group B.
The Euro 2004 runners-up have the unenviable task of taking on a trio of previous champions in
the form of the Netherlands, Demark and Germany.
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The Champions League final is ironically being contested by two sides who are
not champions of their own domestic leagues.
Chelsea have finished 6th and Bayern Munich have lost the
league for the second year running, compounded by a 5-2 defeat to Dortmund in the German Cup final
last weekend.
Retired German footballer, Lothar Matthäus, did his best to act natural whilst filming scenes
for his upcoming reality show early yesterday morning.
If you've been blissfully unaware of what's been happening in Lothar's life, consider yourself
lucky.
The backstory is: because Lothar's repeated misfortunes both on and off the field have been
closely monitored by the German media, the 50-year-old's post-pitch notoriety largely stems from
him being the butt of the their jokes.
Mirror: Bundesliga blog: Could Podolski and Goetze move to the Premier
League?
Welcome to our German football blog, courtesy of BundesligaFussball's Ross Dunbar *** Over a
week into the January transfer window and it is no surprise to see a host of clubs in the English
Premier League eyeing up some of Germany's top talents.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has risked his reputation, particularly in Germany, by
claiming that he is unaware of Borussia Dortumund starlet Mario Gotze's rapid emergence due to a
lack of interest in the Bundesliga.
Ronaldo, who is no stranger to controversy following a high-profile stint with Manchester
United, claims that he does not even know Gotze's preferred position and went as far as asking
reporters if the recently capped Germany international is even good enough to be in the spot
light.
This little clip caused a minor ruckus in the German media, surely at least partly result of the
end scoreline, during yesterday's Basel Bayern match. Franck, substituted late, walks right past
Jupp Heynckes, failing to offer/receive a handshake. In the postgame, Jupp said he was perfectly
okay with this behavior, as it means Franck just wants to play some football, which is Jupp's right
as coach.
Arsenal and Manchester United are reportedly looking to the German Bundesliga to add more
offensive firepower to their squad in the January transfer window.
The Gunners have thrived in recent matches thanks to the sensational form of skipper Robin van
Persie as the solo forward but footytatest has revealed that reports in the German media
are linking FC Cologne forward Lukas Podolski with a move to North London.
With the news that Jean-Marc Bosman, (the Belgian footballer whose court case changed football's
financial clout), is now out of work and living on benefits, I thought it would be a good
opportunity for us to look at potential free transfers this summer. Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich) – I know that we have big Andy and the tricky Suarez, but
all top clubs have 3 top class strikers fighting for a starting position so why wouldn't we take a
look at him?
Borussia Dortmund has one of the world's up-and-coming stars in its grasp, and the defending
Bundesliga champions aren't planning on letting him go.Â
Dortmund plans to keep 19-year-old playmaker Mario Goetze for at least another season despite
major transfer interest, the club's sporting director said to German media.
HAMBURG, Germany — Frank Arnesen will take over as sporting director of Bundesliga club Hamburger
SV in the off-season, German media reported on Saturday. The 54-year-old Dane, last employed in the
same capacity by Chelsea, will receive a three-year contract, Bild said. Hamburg's first choice,
Matthias Sammer, the technical director of the German football association, [.
Former Liverpool defender Markus Babbel has been sacked by Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin over an
ongoing 'lying' row with the club's Sports Director Michael Preetz.A war-of-words played out in the
German media on Sunday with both Babbel and Preetz accusing each other of lying over aspects of the
former defender's new contract.
U.S. Soccer, at the request of coach Klinsmann, spells his first name "Jurgen."
The Associated Press uses his formal, given name, which is "Juergen," the spelling he uses on
legal documents.
Klinsmann himself spells it Jürgen, with two dots above the "u," as you can see on his official
website, which is the same way, incidentally, German media spell it.
1. FSV Mainz 05, is a German football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. They are currently
sitting in 5th position in the German Bundesliga and have qualified for the 2011/12 UEFA Europa
League for their first European action since the 2005/06 season. On Thursday Mainz presented their
Nike 2011/12 home kit to the German media.
