Author: Lukas Schmidt

Bayern Munich’s honorary president Uli Hoeneß isn’t famed for mincing his words and the club legend has taken the opportunity to speak out quite candidly about the reported demands being made by David Alaba in his current contract negotiations branding agent Pini Zahavi “a greedy piranha’. Alaba, whose current Bayern contract runs out at the…

Just a few weeks after Bayern Munich triumphed in the Champions League to clinch another treble, the 2020/21 Bundesliga seasons gets underway with the shadow of the corona virus crisis hanging over it. The new campaign will still have to be conducted behind closed doors with the Geisterspiele not permitting fans just yet. As has become the…

Born in Eastwood, near Nottingham, Tony started his career at Nottingham Forest. After loan spells at Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers, Woodcock broke into the Forest first team in 1976–77, helping the team to promotion to the First Division. Woodcock would later credit the Lincoln move and the leadership of Graham Taylor as being instrumental…

Hertha Berlin are gearing up for the new season with their squad slowly taking shape following a few summer signings, and hopes are high amongst the Olympiastadion faithful that they can go some way to achieving their stated goal of taking the club to the ‘next level’ both domestically and into Europe. This summer has…

The long-rumored blockbuster transfer finally happened: Sam Mewis, one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the world, left the American club North Carolina Courage yesterday for Manchester City of the FA Women’s Super League. Her international teammate and regular ankle-breaker Rose Lavelle, who won the Bronze Ball at last year’s World Cup in France, may be joining her soon. While…

Sporting Director Max Eberl’s decision last summer to take Borussia Mönchengladbach in a new direction was an unorthodox one especially after previous coach Dieter Hecking had just steered them to a 5th place finish and Europa League qualification. Eberl however saw a new coach with a new way of doing things as necessary and sitting in…

They said promotion to the Bundesliga was a miracle for Union Berlin, so what are they going to call die Eisernen’s 11th place finish? The fairy tale continues for the club from Köpenick and coach Urs Fischer will lead them into their second season in the topflight with all the experience gathered this year. And what a year…

Delron Buckley debuted in the Bundesliga in 1995 with VFL Bochum. He left in 2004 for Arminia Bielefeld, where he enjoyed his most-successful season, scoring 15 goals and helping the team avoid relegation. After one season at Bielefeld, Buckley joined Borussia Dortmund for a reported transfer fee of €425,000 and signed a four-year contract. Buckley…

For the second season running Hamburger SV have finished fourth in the 2. Bundesliga meaning they’ve once again agonisingly missed out on a return to the topflight. The Traditionsverein’s aim of making their stay in the second tier a short-lived one has evaporated. Having spent 30 matchdays out of 34 in the top three the Hanseaten crashed and burned…

Werder Bremen’s Milot Raschica had to leave training early Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury, leaving his status for the club’s season finale against 1. FC Köln in question. Despite having not scored a goal since Werder’s 6-1 loss to Bayern München, the midfielder leads his club with seven goals this season. The Kosovar international…