Bundesliga News, Transfers, and Analysis

Two concerns Bayern Munich have with hiring Roberto De Zerbi

2May

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Two concerns Bayern Munich have with hiring Roberto De Zerbi

Bayern Munich are still hunting for a replacement for Thomas Tuchel, who will leave the club at the end of the 2023/24 season due to a disappointing Bundesliga campaign that has seen Bayer Leverkusen already secure the league title. Although Tuchel has alienated a large number of fans and players, Bayern Munich have fallen victim to a historically great Leverkusen side, while they are tied 2-2 with European Clasico rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League Final. Therefore, there are some doubts as to whether or not Bayern Munich will even hire a better manager than Tuchel, whom they canned Julian Nagelsmann for just last season. Xabi Alonso has already said "no", Arne Slot is going to Liverpool, Zinedine Zidane appears mostly uninterested, and reunions with Hansi Flick and Nagel...

Xabi Alonso could bring one of his former Real Madrid teammates to Bayer Leverkusen

27Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Features, LaLiga

Xabi Alonso could bring one of his former Real Madrid teammates to Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen are still undefeated in the Bundesliga after drawing Stuttgart 2-2 with a last-gasp goal from Robert Andrich, so former Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso's unstoppable season continues. Alonso has become the hottest name in coaching in world football, and after rejecting both Bayern Munich and Liverpool (two other former clubs of his) in order to remain in Leverkusen for the 2024/25 season, Real Madrid fans believe he is headed to the Spanish capital in the future as Carlo Ancelotti's replacement. Before then, Alonso might actually bring one of Real Madrid's veteran players with him to Bayer Leverkusen, signing a man he worked with when he brought home La Decima in 2014. According to a report from COPE's Miguel Angel Diaz, Bayer Leverkusen are showing interest in...

Transfer Rumors: Florian Wirtz doesn’t think Bayern Munich is big enough for him

27Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Features

Transfer Rumors: Florian Wirtz doesn’t think Bayern Munich is big enough for him

Whenever Bayer Leverkusen star attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz decides to leave the current Bundesliga champions for a new challenge, he will be the most coveted name on the transfer market. Despite being just 20 years of age, Wirtz has multiple seasons worth of high-level play in the German top flight, as he is currently working on his second season with double-digit assists. Wirtz has scored 11 goals and 11 assists as the main star for Leverkusen in this title-winning season, standing out as one of the world's finest playmakers with 2.6 dribbles completed and 2.4 key passes per game. Bayern Munich lost their streak of 11 straight Bundesliga titles to Leverkusen this season, and there is a fear among German football fans that Die Roten could try to take some more top stars awa...

Transfer Rumors: Bayern Munich could end up paying a lot to hire Ralf Rangnick

26Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Features

Transfer Rumors: Bayern Munich could end up paying a lot to hire Ralf Rangnick

Bayern Munich fans must be shocked to see that in the year 2024, their beloved club is being linked with Austrian national team manager Ralf Rangnick. The legendary German manager has been rehabilitating his image as a coach at the international level after failing at Manchester United, though the club's success in the season after his departure and failure in Erik ten Hag's second season seem to point out that Rangnick wasn't half as bad as the media portrayed him to be. Although Rangnick achieved great success at a top German club in Schalke and built Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig into European regulars, he has yet to prove he can excel at the elite level of Europe - and his success at Hoffenheim and Leipzig comes with the asterisk of having ridiculous investment. Bayern Munich seem...

Thomas Tuchel offers Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry, and Dayot Upamecano injury updates before Real Madrid match

26Apr

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Bundesliga, Champions League, Features, LaLiga

Thomas Tuchel offers Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry, and Dayot Upamecano injury updates before Real Madrid match

Bayern Munich will play host to Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals on Tuesday, April 30, as it will be an elite European rivalry renewed. Before Bayern Munich face the LaLiga leaders, though, they will have another tough matchup in the Bundesliga this weekend against Eintracht Frankfurt. Ahead of the game on Saturday, Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel offered an injury update about three star players, with Bayern fans especially concerned about the status of star right winger Leroy Sane before Tuesday's Real Madrid matchup. Per Tuchel, Sane is going to be a game-time call. The club is taking things day-to-day with the German international. He has began training individually, but, at this juncture, Tuchel cannot make a definitive call on whether or no...

How Bayer Leverkusen plan on stopping Bayern Munich from taking away Jonathan Tah

26Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Features

How Bayer Leverkusen plan on stopping Bayern Munich from taking away Jonathan Tah

Many football fans around the world - and especially those of other Bundesliga clubs - are worried Bayern Munich will try to repeat history by poaching the most talented players away from new champions Bayer Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz is understandably at the top of theirs - and just about everyone else's - wishlist, even though they already have a world-class No. 10 in Jamal Musiala. But Bayern Munich are also circling back with serious interest in Jonathan Tah, and they are even reportedly willing to sell Dayot Upamecano in order to accommodate the signing of the Bayer Leverkusen center back. However, Leverkusen won't let Bayern Munich make that move so easily. Speaking to BILD, Bayer Leverkusen sporting director and former midfielder Simon Rolfes spoke candidly about Die Roten's...

Jamal Musiala chooses between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

26Apr

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Bundesliga, Features

Jamal Musiala chooses between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

Bayern Munich superstar Jamal Musiala is well on his way to becoming a Ballon d'Or winner if he keeps up this insane rate of progression. He has 10 goals and 6 assists in the current Bundesliga campaign and will soon partake in the Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid. There have been so many great battles between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich over the years in the Champions League, and, oftentimes, the Merengue club got the better of the Bavarians, largely thanks to the exploits of the most prolific goal-scorer in the history of the competition, Cristiano Ronaldo. The age-old rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi was before Musiala's time, though the battles between CR7 and LM10 are undoubtedly familiar to the German international. Not only did he grow up wat...

Jamal Musiala names the 2 players who rival Jude Bellingham as the best in the world

25Apr

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Bundesliga, Champions League, Features, LaLiga

Jamal Musiala names the 2 players who rival Jude Bellingham as the best in the world

Bayern Munich superstar Jamal Musiala and Real Madrid sensation Jude Bellingham are close friends off the pitch, but they are about to be fierce opponents on it next week on April 30 at the Allianz Arena in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The mutual respect between the two Bundesliga icons is obvious, and Musiala recently gave Bellingham praise by shouting him out as one of the very best footballers on this planet. Jamal Musiala was asked, via @iMiaSanMia, who he would pick as the best player in the world today. The German international listed Jude Bellingham as one option, and he also named current teammate Harry Kane and future Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe as the other two candidates. Perhaps Musiala, humble as he is, may consider adding himself on that short...

When Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry will return for Bayern Munich

25Apr

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Bundesliga, Features

When Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry will return for Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich have one eye glued to the date April 30, because that is when they will play host to Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. Die Roten have already decided to hold out star right winger Leroy Sane from Saturday's Bundesliga matchup against Eintracht Frankfurt so that they can ensure the German international will be ready for Tuesday's Champions League tilt with Real Madrid. According to a report from BILD, Bayern Munich will also keep Serge Gnabry out of Saturday's game. The 28-year-old has missed most of April with a torn muscle, which is his third significant injury of the 2023/24 season. Gnabry missed most of the winter with an injury and fractured his forearm in September. In total, the left winger has only started four matches and appear...

Bayern Munich know who they would sacrifice if they sign Jonathan Tah

25Apr

By Kevin ParviziNo Comments

Bundesliga, Features

Bayern Munich know who they would sacrifice if they sign Jonathan Tah

Bayern Munich are in a period of potential instability, and yet they are still one of the best teams in European football, given they knocked out Arsenal to reach another Champions League semifinal against 2021/22 winners Real Madrid. Die Roten are faced with the prospect of Ralf Rangnick joining the team as Thomas Tuchel's replacement in the manager's chair. In other words, Sabener Straße has been turned upside down. With the future of the manager uncertain, it's hard to guess what the summer 2024 transfer window holds for Bayern Munich, but big changes could be coming to the center back position. Bayern Munich are being linked with a number of top players from Bayer Leverkusen, with many fans around the world worried that Bayern will poach Die Werkself yet again, just as they di...