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Ranking the 10 best Bundesliga left backs for the 2024/25 season

6Aug

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Ranking the 10 best Bundesliga left backs for the 2024/25 season

The left back position is one of the most talent scarce in world football by virtue of the fact that fullbacks are difficult to find, and especially left-footed fullbacks who can fulfill all the duties a modern-day LB is expected to perform. Although the Bundesliga don't have a great left back for every team in the league, they have quite a few talents at the top who are among the best left backs in all of European football. So here is a look at the 10 best Bundesliga left backs heading into the new 2024/25 season, with breakout stars joining familiar faces like Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies and RB Leipzig's David Raum. 10. Phillipp Mwene, Mainz After two seasons of starting in the Europa League for PSV, Phillipp Mwene returned to man the left back position for Mainz. The 30-year...

Final 2022/23 Bundesliga Team of the Season

Now that the 2022/23 Bundesliga season has come to a close, it's time to take back at this wonderfully wild season that gave us one of the all-time great Cinderella stories with Union Berlin qualifying for the 2023/24 Champions League. Let's take a look at the 2022/23 Bundesliga Team of the Season, which, yes, features an Union standout! GK Gregor Kobel, Borussia Dortmund The Bundesliga usually features a handful of top goalkeeping performances, with Yann Sommer having another strong campaign for both Borussia Mönchengladbach and eventual champions Bayern München. However, his countryman, Gregor Kobel, had an even stronger season despite being on the "wrong end" of the title race for Borussia Dortmund. That Dortmund made it to the final day of the title race against Bayern is parti...

Ranking the 10 best Bundesliga goalkeepers of 2023

Out of all of Europe's top five leagues, the Bundesliga is perhaps most famous for producing top-caliber goalkeepers. Aside from the most obvious star, Manuel Neuer, the league has produced great keepers in other leagues, such as Barcelona superstar Marc-André ter Stegen. Neuer remains a star in goal for Bayern München, but is he No. 1 on our list of the best Bundesliga goalkeepers? And which players join him on the list? Because the Bundesliga's keepers are about so much more than Neuer, as fans saw when Yann Sommer made sensational stops to help Switzerland upset France in the last Euros. 10. Péter Gulácsi, RB Leipzig RB Leipzig will hope Péter Gulácsi returns to top form after recovering from an injury. The Hungarian goalkeeper was once viewed as a sure-fire, top-three player at th...