Chris Mcquade

Sunday's Bundesliga matches saw Mainz host a Sami Khedira-less Stuttgart, and Bayer Leverkusen travel to Borussia Dortmund. Mainz, rather shockingly, dismissed Stuttgart by a scoreline of two goals to nil, which will not come as a welcome sign to the Stuttgart faithful who have failed to reinforce after losing both Aliaksandr Hleb and Sami Khedira […]

Kaiserslautern romped to a 3-1 away win as they opened their Bundesliga season against FC Koln on Saturday. Just two years earlier, the club narrowly escaped relegation to Germany's third division after a horrendous start to the 2007-2008 season, where the club managed just three victories in nineteen league matches. In the summer of 2008, […]

Saturday's Bundesliga matches saw Gladbach take on Nurnberg, Koln host Kaiserslautern, Frankfurt travel to Hannover, Freiburg battle St. Pauli, Hoffenheim host Werder Bremen, and Schalke travel to Hamburg. Gladbach opened the day against relegation play-off winners Nurnberg, who defensive stability earned them a point in this match. Nurnberg opened the scoring through midfielder Jens Hegeler, […]

Steve McClaren made history today by being the first English manager to take charge of a Bundesliga side, but he could not secure what would have been an historic win over Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. Goals from Thomas Mueller and Edin Dzeko, and then a dramatic winner from Bastian Schweinsteiger just thirty seconds from full-time, […]

Brazilian midfielder Wesley has today completed his transfer to the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen. Wesley, aged 21, is another of a long line of Santos wonderkids to come through the side and make their way to Europe. Wesley's versatility is what will make him such a special capture for Werder Bremen. The young Brazilian is […]

Michael Ballack's stint at Chelsea has come to an end, and he has a full trophy cabinet to show for it. Since 2006, when he joined Chelsea, Ballack has won one Premier League trophy, three FA cups, one Carling Cup, one FA Community Shield, and a Champions League runners-up medal. This summer, Michael Ballack's contract […]

GolTV is ready to kick the Bundesliga season off with a bang by broadcasting two of the opening weekend's biggest games in HD. Many of us have found ourselves frustrated by GolTV's coverage of the Bundesliga, but they're at least beginning to come around in terms fo Bundesliga coverage this season, especially after Germany's successful […]

After today's Champions League qualifying match saw Bundesliga side Werder Bremen dismantle their Serie A opposition, it will be interesting to see if Bundeslifa sides Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund can fight their way into qualification for the Europa League. Bayer Leverkusen will take on Ukrainian side Tavriya Simferopol, who finished in 6th position last […]

After the loss of Mesut Ozil, many began to doubt Werder Bremen's chances of Champions League qualification and of league success this season without their most talented attack-minded midfielder. The young German international player has joined compatriot and German national teammate Sami Khedira at Real Madrid, where the two will grow under the wing of […]

Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery knows that this season must be a big one for him or he could find himself edging away from his club sooner rather than later. Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has come out today and stated that Franck Ribery 'owes' Bayern Munich and that he must be 'particularly ambitious' this season. […]

Michael Ballack's stubbornness to surrender the German national team captain's armband to Philipp Lahm may lead to a split in the national team dressing room whether Ballack takes the captaincy from Lahm or not. Ballack's inclusion in the team altogether should be be questioned because as things stand Sami Khedira is doing an impressive job, […]

Champions League hopefuls Werder Bremen face Sampdoria in what will be the juiciest of ties during this Champions League qualifying round. Werder Bremen finished third in the Bundesliga last season, while Sampdoria nipped into fourth place ahead of Palermo and Napoli. The loss of Mesut Ozil will cast doubts over Werder Bremen's chances of progressing […]

Germany's young attacking midfield star, who astounded audiences and pundits with some excellent performances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa this summer, has completed a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid for a fee believed to be around 12.5 million pounds. Ozil's career really began to take flight when Werder Bremen sold Brazilian […]

Today's DFB Pokal games saw Bayern Munich thump Germania Dattenfeld, and Schalke nip past ten-man VfR Aalen. Bayern Munich started a full strength side as they prepare for the upcoming Bundesliga season. Arjen Robben is still absent after succumbing to a recurring injury in pre-season, but Martin Demichelis returned to the side after being passed […]

It may only be just over a month since the World Cup has ended but that time has dragged by with very little football to watch and very few interesting transfer stories. What a relief then that the first weekend of the Premier League season would prove to be so unpredictable unless you were at […]