For the friendly matches against Chile (Köln) and the Ivory Coast (Gelsenkirchen) Löw has nominated the England prospect Aaron Hunt, the mercurial Thomas Müller, the Bundesliga topscorer Stefan Kießling, and of course the ever present Thomas Hitzlsperger. Overall this is a good selection, but one wonders why a player like Click to continue reading...

[caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" width="288""][/caption] For the friendly matches against Chile (Köln) and the Ivory Coast (Gelsenkirchen) Löw has nominated the England prospect Aaron Hunt, the mercurial Thomas Müller, the Bundesliga topscorer Stefan Kießling, and of course the ever present Thomas Hitzlsperger. Click to continue reading...

The final two matches in the group stage of UEFA World Cup Qualifying are coming up with several teams not yet qualified. Most of the favorites have qualified or will with one more victory. The current teams that have qualified for the World Cup finals next summer in South Africa are South Africa, Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea, Brazil, Ghana, England, Spain, Netherlands, and Uruguay.

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Morning all, today may later herald some good news on the transfer front, you never know but it is likely to be late afternoon if true. So whilst waiting in hope, and seeing as I have not been able to find sufficient images of the week to mount the feature today, I have decided to feature videos.

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Did you know that a player's teeth could cause a transfer to collapse? I didn't, but apparently that's the case with potential AC Milan signing Aly Cissokho, who could be set to remain with Porto after a problem with his teeth came up in his medical.

If that happens, that'll be one name to subtract from our confirmed summer transfers lists, but if things go according to today's transfer news and rumors, we could have several names to add over the next few days.

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Former Premier League man may make welcome return this summer.

The Rumour

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger is in talks with Stuttgart midfielder

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The Gunners manager wants to add experience to his side and the former Aston Villa star fits the bill.

Hitzlsperger, 27, is out of contract next year but Stuttgart will do a deal at around £5million.

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Stuttgart, bidding to dislodge last season's Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich, got their campaign off to a solid start Sunday in winning 3-1 away at promoted Borussia Moenchengladbach.
With Bayern held to a 2-2 home draw the previous day by old rivals Hamburg the stage was set for Armin Veh's side to take advantage and his side impressed in securing full points with goals from Thomas Hitzlsperger, Ciprian Marica and Mario Gomez, all before half-time. Click to continue reading...

Once favored to sweep aside the best Europe had to offer, Germany is limping into tonight's quarterfinal match with Portugal. Euro 2008 got off to a flying start for Michael Ballack & Co. with a 2-0 win over Poland, but then came complete capitulation to Croatia and a meek 1-0 win over a second-class Austria. Click to continue reading...

Just after Germany's Germany's loss to Croatia, coach Jogi Löw told the press they "would see a different team on the pitch" against Austria, and many took that to mean that he'd be ringing in the changes to the starting 11.
Perhaps the disappointing Mario Gomez would be left out in favor of Lukas Podolski, whose place on the Left wing would perhaps be taken over by Thomas Hitzlsperger. Click to continue reading...