Christian Eichner

I tend to get too excited about the young kids, when they move. I will often over-value the trans­fers of the the Zuculini, Sven Ben­der and Lewis Holtby’s of the foot­balling world. I will see Ralf Fahrmann’s move to Ein­tra­cht as the bar­gain of the cen­tury. But youth takes time to develop, so this year […]

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Armin Veh was announced as Wolfsburg’s new man­ager after their title cel­e­bra­tions. The ex-Stuttgart man­ager will now try and repli­cate his 2008 Cham­pi­ons League form. It should be eas­ier with the immi­nent loss of Dzeko and Mis­i­movic. Mario Gomez became the most expen­sive player in Bun­desliga his­tory, swap­ping Stuttgart red for Bay­ern red. Bay­ern paid […]

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1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the off­spring. What You Don’t: All things both good and bad must end. What to Expect: Yes, Campe­ones! I say that, buck­ing all trends, and know­ing full well that Schalke could be lead­ing the […]

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