Tag: Bayern Munich

UCL Takes: Hansi Flick world’s best, Manuel Neuer finished, why Lille are so dangerous
23Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

UCL Takes: Hansi Flick world’s best, Manuel Neuer finished, why Lille are so dangerous

Why Lille are so dangerous At this point, nobody is going to be sleeping on Lille. If a victory over the Champions League's most mythical side, Real Madrid, wasn't enough to awaken fans fro their slumber, then Les Dogues taking down another giant of Spanish football 3-1 surely must do the trick. It would be wrong to state that Lille dominated the game against Atletico Madrid, who had several great chances to pull ahead of their Ligue 1 opponents on Wednesday night. The difference is that they didn't take them, nor did they show the championship grit that was so typical of those famous Diego Simeone sides in the 2010s. Instead, it was Lille who buckled down with a bodies-on-the-line defensive approach while relying on the brilliance of their two main attacking stars to force the issu...
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UCL Score Predictions: Real Madrid and Liverpool on upset watch, Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich
21Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

UCL Score Predictions: Real Madrid and Liverpool on upset watch, Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich

Here are score predictions for the three biggest Champions League matchups of Matchday 3 of the 2024/25 season. Real Madrid vs. Dortmund Real Madrid will host Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night in a rematch of the 2024 Champions League Final, which Los Merengues unsurprisingly won 2-0 behind an inspired performance from 2024 Ballon d'Or favorite Vinicius Junior. The Brazilian winger scored the decisive goal this past weekend in a 2-1 win over underdogs Celta Vigo, while Dortmund also won 2-1 on Friday night against the scrappy St. Pauli, courtesy of a winner from their star man in new striker Serhou Guirassy. Dortmund are actually a little more dangerous this season thanks to Guirassy's presence at striker and a breakout season from younger winger Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, but as their ...
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Manchester United want to poach three Bayern Munich stars
14Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Premier League

Manchester United want to poach three Bayern Munich stars

Manchester United signed three former Bayern Munich stars this past summer transfer window, as they brought in defenders Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui directly from the Bavarians while also signing young striker Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna - a former Bayern prospect. So far, the early returns on the moves have been mixed, because while Mazraoui has been a major asset and Zirkzee has shown potential, the Red Devils sit 14th in the Premier League table at the October international stopping point. Manchester United still have work to do with their squad despite a productive summer transfer window, which also included the blockbuster additions of young stars Leny Yoro and Manuel Ugarte from Ligue 1. The Red Devils still have eyes on some big-name players in the coming 2025 wi...
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Julian Nagelsmann admits to German national team politics holding back Bayern Munich
14Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

Julian Nagelsmann admits to German national team politics holding back Bayern Munich

For years, football fans have criticized Bayern Munich and the German national team for making decisions for political reasons rather than starting the best players, either for the national team or for Bayern itself. Dortmund and other fans around the Bundesliga cried this out more than a decade ago to Joachim Low over several high-profile national team snubs in favor of seasoned Bayern Munich veterans, pointing this out as reasons why Germany did not win a major trophy before the 2014 World Cup triumph. Nowadays, the German national team is more mixed with underperforming Bayern Munich players usually axed, though, at this past Euros, many were puzzled why Leroy Sane got starting chances when he clearly wasn't 100 percent. The controversy lately has been more focused on Bayern Mu...
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Could Liverpool lose one of their best players to Bayern Munich?
14Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Premier League

Could Liverpool lose one of their best players to Bayern Munich?

Liverpool are used to signing top talents from the Bundesliga, such as Wataru Endo and Dominik Szoboszlai last summer. They even signed Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich, making it the second time the Reds have signed a high-profile center midfielder from the Bavarian giants. The first was Thiago Alcantara, who left for Anfield after winning the treble at Bayern and establishing himself as one of the best players in the world. He was vital to Bayern's success and flashed that same ability at Liverpool, but he was unable to fully recapture his form due to a myriad of nagging injuries that eventually led to his retirement in 2024. There has been a case of an iconic player taking the opposite journey from Liverpool to Bayern Munich, as Sadio Mane left the Reds after reaching the Champ...
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5 better center back transfer targets for Bayern Munich than Jonathan Tah
10Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

5 better center back transfer targets for Bayern Munich than Jonathan Tah

If you've had even a passing interest in the German Bundesliga over the last 10 years, then chances are that you are quite familiar with Bayer Leverkusen center back Jonathan Tah. Honestly, if anything, it's a surprise that Tah hasn't joined Bayern Munich by now, because he is one of the most recognizable central defenders in the country - and one of the best ball-playing defenders, which is an attribute Bayern tend to seek in center backs. The thing is, Bayern were smart for holding off on signing Tah, because his growth stagnated from the time he first emerged on the scene as one of the top young German center backs to watch. Tah has never been an above-average starter for the German national team, and at Leverkusen, he was quickly outshined by Edmond Tapsoba in defense, then fu...
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2024/25 Champions League Predictions for Matchday 2
30Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

2024/25 Champions League Predictions for Matchday 2

Arsenal vs. PSG PSG don't feel like a legitimate Champions League threat in an era without Kylian Mbappe, who seemed to be the only reason why the Parisians were threats to reach the semifinals after Neymar was fully washed on the beach like a sullen hermit crab without a shell. Joao Neves gives PSG reason for optimism, but when your standout attacking player is Ousmane Dembele heading into the year 2025, you don't really stand much of a chance against a Premier League title contender. Arsenal have their own problems after a surprisingly complacent summer transfer window from an attacking perspective, but, then again, you don't need much more than Bukayo Saka and the Champions League version of Gabriel Jesus to dismantle PSG's defense. Prediction: Arsenal 2-1 PSG Aston Villa vs....
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The four highest-paid Bayern Munich stars in the 2024/25 season
18Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

The four highest-paid Bayern Munich stars in the 2024/25 season

Bayern Munich are one of the three biggest clubs in the world alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona, and even in a down year in the Bundesliga last season, they still came agonizingly close to returning to the Champions League Final. This season, Bayern Munich look even more dangerous, and it seems like they are bouncing back with a vengeance in the Bundesliga, having just beaten Holstein Kiel 6-1 in a demolition reminiscent of their peak days with "Robbery" and Bastian Schweinsteiger. Bayern kept the momentum going with a 9-2 barrage of Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League opener, pulling away from the Croatian side after the opponents cut a 3-0 lead to 3-2; Bayern then put six past Zagreb. As Bayern Munich continue to rack up the results under Vincent Kompany, they must continue ...
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Bayern Munich Predicted XI vs. Holstein Kiel: Michael Olise and Jamal Musiala on the wings
13Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

Bayern Munich Predicted XI vs. Holstein Kiel: Michael Olise and Jamal Musiala on the wings

After taking down Wolfsburg and Freiburg before the September slate of international fixtures, Bayern Munich will return to action in the Bundesliga with a battle in the Topspiel against Holstein Kiel. It wasn't long ago that Kiel upset Bayern Munich in the DFB Pokal, so Die Roten will be on red alert for an upset against a newly-promoted Bundesliga side that is more dangerous than they let on. Here is a look at a potential starting XI for Vincent Kompany's Bayern on Saturday evening at the Holstein-Stadion. GK Manuel Neuer, LB Raphael Guerreiro, CB Dayot Upamecano, CB Kim Min-jae, RB Sacha Boey No Alphonso Davies means Bundesliga veteran Raphael Guerreiro will stretch the pitch offensively at the left back position, and he may be a better fit for Bayern in this game because of...
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Lothar Matthaus comes to Jamal Musiala’s defense
13Sep By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

Lothar Matthaus comes to Jamal Musiala’s defense

Bayern Munich superstar Jamal Musiala has become the biggest topic of conversation around the Bundesliga coming out of the international break, and that's because of a controversial column posted by noted troll hot-take artist Didi Hamann; it's become easy to forget that Hamann is taken seriously based on the credential of being a former star player at big clubs like Liverpool and Bayern. Hamann's latest target was one of the most popular and talented players in world football, Bayern's crown jewel Musiala. The attacking midfielder is viewed as being a gem on the level of Lamine Yamal or Jude Bellingham, yet Hamann thinks Musiala shouldn't even be compared to Bayer Leverkusen peer Florian Wirtz. He made the case that Bayern Munich should replace Musiala with Wirtz, in light of transf...
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