It's time for a little overdue wrap up post with the correct answers to the recent quizzes.

One of These Players is not Like the Others

Answer: Didi Hamann. All other players were transfers from Karlsruhe to Bayern, while Hamann came through Bayern's youth system for a change.

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Nuremberg's goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer and Bremen's creative midfielder Marko Marin exchange a few words during their sides' 2-2 draw on Saturday.

(Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

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Set-piece fail Here's a funny clip from the recent European Under 21 Championships that we missed. Mesut Özil might have been England's tormentor in the final, but against Spain he was only tormenting himself. Özil and team-mate Marko Marin could not conjure up a free-kick between them. They found at a bit too late that they [. Click to continue reading...

On the left: Werder Bremen's youngster and designated Diego replacement Mesut Özil.
On the right: Mönchengladbach's youngster and designated new Werder Bremen signing Marko Marin.
In the middle: a ball, put there for a free kick to Germany's U21 at the Euros in Sweden.

Three ingredients to make something special happen are in place.

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It has been an interesting week in rumors.

First the managers!

Hoffenheim will say goodbye to Ralf Rangnick because he wants to spend money this summer. They will then say hello to Jurgen Klinsmann, who is the epitome of frugality. After all, he only forced Bayern to rebuild it's training facility.

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In a week where I have wondered about the potential of defensive creep within the Bundesliga, a dire 1-0 match took place between Borussia Monchengladbach and Bochum at Borussia Park tonight. In the first half, Gladbach came out firing on all cylinders and spent the first 20 minutes playing Bochum off the pitch. Click to continue reading...

Michael Bradley has found his scoring touch again and all signs are that he is not letting it go anytime soon. Tonight against 1FC Cologne, he opened up a 1-0 lead for Borussia Moenchengladbach with a left footed tap from a Marko Marin pass in the 25th minute (see Morin's brilliant run in the video below). Click to continue reading...

Bild is reporting that Marko Marin will leave cellar-dwelling Borussia Mochengladbach at the end of the season. This comes as little surprise, as most of us assumed that unless Gladbach escaped relegation, the wonderkid would move to greener pastures, especially with his German National team future to consider. Click to continue reading...

FIFA, ever one to throw the middle finger to convention (See: World Cup 2010), has named their players to watch in 2009 and done so by listing 13 players, clearly damning them all to a year of unfortunate suckitude. It is, as one would expect, mostly a bunch of young prodigies and players on the cusp [. Click to continue reading...

Player Info:
Name: Marko Marin
Birthdate: 13.03.1989
Origin: Germany
Position: Midfield
Team: Borussia Mönchengladbach
Video Info:
2007
Germany U21 - Island U21
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Edin Dzeko Against Cottbus 1. Bayer Leverkusen The subtitle to their season should be "how we got to the top with a crap defense". They conceded goals by a misdirect from the wall on a free kick, allowing Tim Sebastian to waltz freely on another and letting 5'9 Iashvilli outjump a defender. If it [. Click to continue reading...

Edin Dzeko Against Cottbus 1. Bayer Leverkusen The subtitle to their season should be "how we got to the top with a crap defense". They conceded goals by a misdirect from the wall on a free kick, allowing Tim Sebastian to waltz freely on another and letting 5'9 Iashvilli outjump a defender. If it [. Click to continue reading...

A must read interview with Hoffenheim's sugar daddy Dietmar Hopp. (Spiegel Online) The swimsuit edition of the Hoffenheim story. And a small correction: the article quotes Ralf Rangnick as saying Hoffenheim has the same budget as Energie Cottbus. He was comparing Hoffenheim's wage budget (€23m) with Cottbus' overall budget (€23m). Click to continue reading...

Gladbach's victory over the stalwart's of the league, Werder Bremen, gave us a glimpse at a team that has been revitalized under Jos Luhukay and Christian Ziege, and could well be in for a bright future. The addition of Michael Bradley added another young international the next day. So what is it about [. Click to continue reading...

Gerade auf dem ZDF von Béla Réthy so benannt: Zaubermaus Marko Marin. Ich finde das ja immer super, wenn Kommentatoren gleich so überschwänglich emotional ausflippen wie Béla Réthy gerade. Die Zaubermaus. Herrlich. Ja, Marko Marin hat gerade wirklich einen ganz guten Lauf und sicherlich eine Menge Potential. Click to continue reading...

...you will notice that the league is over and parts of this blog went into collective off-season hibernation. The parts that were still active had the following to say: Brian resurrected the Werder Bremen Offside, right in time to cover the Diego to ... rumours. (Werder Offside) Speaking of Diego: he won't spend his summer in Beijing. Click to continue reading...

This feature is long over due. Marko Marin is a 19 year old youngster playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He debuted in the Bundesliga late in the 2006/2007 season. He came on as a substitute in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned his cameo with an assist, which helped Gladbach to a last minute 1-1 [. Click to continue reading...