Undoubtedly, the minute I post this, Ronaldo will give up on Real Madrid and move to Hamburg, so forgive me for being premature. Let’s take a look, as the season begins, at the seven best signing so far this summer in the Bundesliga.
Christian Fuchs (SV Mattersburg to Bochum)
Austria entered the […]
Tags: Andrea Barzagli·Christian Fuchs·Cristian Zaccardo·Cristiano Ronaldo·Jefferson Farfan·Mario Eggimann·Mikael Forssell·Orlando Engelaar·Real Madrid·Renato Augusto·Said Husejinovic·SV Mattersburg·Tim Borowski
It’s finally official, Rafael van der Vaart the Netherlands midfielder and Hamburg’s captain is on his way to Real Madrid pending the results of a medical. The Bundesliga’s own version of the Ronaldo affair has come an end. Although the clubs themselves have not released the details regarding the transfer fee, reports in […]
Tags: Bernd Hoffman·Cristiano Ronaldo·Hamburger SV·Martin Jol·Netherlands·Rafael van der Vaart·Real Madrid·Valencia·Wesley Sneijder
Yesterday was the draw for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, the last hurdle before the group stages commence. There are plenty of interesting ties (Steve McClaren’s FC Twente vs. Arsenal topping the list), but in pure footballing terms the best fixture pits Schalke 04 against Atletico Madrid. […]
Tags: Arsenal·Atletico Madrid·Copa del Rey·Cup Winners' Cup·Dynamo Kiev·European Cup·FC Bayern München·FC Twente·Georg Schwarzenbeck·Oleg Blokhin·Real Madrid·Spain·Steve McClaren
As of August 1, GolTV - the 24/7 soccer network - has been removed from DISH Network due to a contract dispute.
According to GolTV, “this occurs despite efforts to continue GolTV’s availability to Dish customers.” DISH Network, in retort, inserted this message when you hit the INFO button where GolTV’s channel used to be: “GolTV […]
Tags: Arsenal·dish network·emirates cup·Fox Sports Espanol·goltv·Hamburger SV·Juventus·Real Madrid·Setanta Sports
Fred Rutten isn’t the only new Dutch manager in the Bundesliga, as ex-Tottenham Martin Jol took over the reigns of Hamburg earlier this month. It’s been nearly 30 years since Jol’s last appearance in Germany. He made 9 appearances for Bayern Munich as a midfielder in 1978/79 before returning to the Netherlands […]
Tags: ADO Den Haag·Arsenal·Atletico Madrid·Bosman·Brazil·Bruno Labbadia·Damien Comolli·England·Ernst Happel·European Cup·FC Bayern München·Germany·Joris Mathijsen·Khalid Boulahrouz·Manolo Jimenez·Netherlands·Nigel de Jong·Portugal·Rafael van der Vaart·Real Madrid·Romeo Castelen·Sevilla·Tottenham
July 1st saw the formal beginnings of five coaches’ tenures at the helms of Bundesliga clubs. Over the next several weeks every Thursday we’ll introduce these men to you. Our series of profiles begins with Bayern München’s Jürgen Klinsmann, striker par excellence and noted diving enthusiast. We detail the man, his […]
Tags: ·Bastian Schweinsteiger·Bayern München·Champions League·EPL·Giovanni Trapattoni·Juergen Klinsmann·Kevin Keegan·Ligue 1·Lukas Podolski·Mark Van Bommel·Michael Ballack·Oliver Kahn·Ottmar Hitzfeld·Philipp Lahm·Real Madrid·Serie A·UEFA Cup·United States·VfB Stuttgart
