One hour until kickoff: We have lineups! Looks like Vincent Kompany will be following in the footsteps of his forebears, as Thomas Müller has once again been benched. Michael Olise makes his starting XI debut for Bayern Munich, in an attack alongside Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, and Serge Gnabry. The rest of the XI is …
Initial reactions and observations Another day, another 4-0. Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich isn’t quite there yet, but every training session seems to be bringing more and more quality out of the team. Adam Aznou made an excellent impression at right-back, just when it was announced that Josip Stanišić will be out for several weeks with …
Initial reactions and observations Okay, it’s official — Vincent Kompany COOKED here. Bayern Munich may have beaten Tottenham Hotspur by a seemingly slim margin, but the actual performance on the pitch demonstrated a vast gulf in quality between the two sides. Surely that’s how it should be. Gegenpressing is back with a vengeance! It seems …
During Spain’s celebratory party following their overwhelming triumph in the 2024 European Championship, Álvaro Morata and Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (hands up if you knew that was his last name) made some controversial comments. These comments include Morata and Rodri chanted that Gibraltar is a part of Spain, when it is in fact under English control …
Bayern Munich center-back Matthijs de Ligt’s potential move to Manchester United could be be somewhat in danger given how far apart the two clubs are at this stage. The transfer could depend on how much Bayern Munich wants to bend on its financial requirements for De Ligt. According to a report from Sport Bild’s Christian …
It’s official — former Bayern Munich striker Joshua Zirkzee has signed with Manchester United. Zirkzee will make the move from Bologna. “Having had discussions with the manager and the leaders of the club I know how exciting the future is going to be here and I cannot wait to play my part in achieving success …
Having led Germany to its first decent tournament in almost a decade, Julian Nagelsmann faces his greatest challenge yet — an actual title contender. No offense to teams like Denmark and Hungary, but Spain are clearly on another level. A level that may be too much for the Germans to handle for the moment. So, …
Update — July 2nd, 12:07PM EDT: Bayern’s confidence with Tah driving De Ligt sale According to the latest info from Fabrizio Romano, Bayern Munich feels good about selling Matthijs de Ligt because of how far along in the process it is with Bayer Leverkusen center-back Jonathan Tah: Bayern are prepared to sell Matthijs de Ligt …
Germany has taken the right steps so far in EURO 2024 and kicked off their campaign with a dominant 5-1 win over 10-man Scotland. Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz, Niclas Füllkrug, and Emre Can all scored, but others stood out as well. As much as every single German player deserves to be on awards, …
After many (many) years of disappointment, Germany are set to kick off their EURO 2024 campaign with a large amount of hope. Since appointing Julian Nagelsmann, the Germans have shown glimpses of serious potential, marred by poor mistakes and poor execution. Well, the time for excuses is past. Nagelsmann, who rejected a chance to return …