Chris Mcquade

Juventus' samba star Diego, who was prolific during his time in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen, is reportedly on the verge of a move back to the Bundesliga with Steve McClaren's new look Wolfsburg side. Unfortunately for Diego, his current side refuse to let a player of his calibre go without a fight. Diego's promising […]

Bundesliga strugglers Hannover 96 bowed out of the DFB Pokal early with a shock loss on penalties to fourth division side SV Elversberg. Hannover fans will be devastated that their side could not overcome their inferior opponents, and relegation looks to be just around the bend for Hannover this season if they cannot improve before […]

Saturday's DFB Pokal games saw a few interesting results and a few shocks as well. Today's matches saw Bundesliga newcomers St. Pauli drop out of the competition early, which certainly doesn't suggest much heading into a Bundesliga season where they are one of the favourites for relegation. Despite their result, every other Bundesliga side performed […]

Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid have reportedly tabled a bid for Werder Bremen's attacking midfield star Mesut Ozil, but had their advance rejected despite the player's contract coming to an end next June. Mesut Ozil came to real fruition in South Africa this summer as he showed the world what he's made up with stellar performances […]

The DFB Pokal has begun in exciting fashion with Bundesliga sides Kaiserslautern and Frankfurt battling for victory. Kaiserslautern played their opening game against VfL Osnabruck, a team from Germany's third division after being relegated from the second division last season. Kaiserslautern, on the other hand, are recently promoted to the Bundesliga and will be fighting […]

Bayern Munich wrapped their pre-season up as they played in the Franz Beckenbauer testimonial match against Real Madrid, to honour the career and the service Beckenbauer has provided to both Bayern Munich and German football in general. The match pit Louis van Gaal against Jose Mourinho once again, a rematch of the Champions League final […]

Schalke's Felix Magath, who has emerged as one of the leading football managers in the Bundesliga and Europe after great success with Stuttgart, Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg. Seemingly, Magath has achieved all he really can in Germany, and has hinted that he would like to try his hand at an English side. Magath spoke to […]

For manager Holger Stanislawski, this season will be one that he will surely never forget. Stanislawski has never before managed a Bundesliga side, and so the pressure will be on him to show what he is made of. Since 2008, though, he has been at the helm of St. Pauli as manager. Before that, he […]

It has been a quiet season on the transfer front if your name isn't Roberto Mancini. Of the teams who finished in the top 4 very few 'big' transfers have been made. Sure we are excited by the prospect of Chamakh and Chicarcito (who scored AGAIN last night against Spain) but their transfers do not […]

Kaiserslautern manager Marco Kurz will know that he has nothing to lose this season with Die roten Teufel. While Kaiserslautern did manage to win the 2. Bundesliga last season, the step up to Germany's top division may be too big of an ask for Kurz and his side. Key Players Club captain Srdan Lakic will […]

Joachim Loew will be disappointed that his side did not come away from this game with a win after being in control for large parts of the match. Goals from Gomez and Helmes put Germany two to the good, but late strikes from Rommedahl and Junker condemned the Germans to a draw when a comfortable […]

Following on from an article on this very site which I respectfully disagreed with, it seems to me that Revisionism is prevalent in modern football. Whether it be a defence mechanism to cope with loss or the delusion that things can and will only get better it worries me that legacy’s can be lost in […]

We're just days away from the beginning of what will be another fantastic Bundesliga season. Current holders Bayern Munich, who also reached the Champions League final and lifted the DfB Pokal, will look to continue their domestic domination in the new season and once again compete for European glory. Meanwhile, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg, Schalke, Stuttgart […]

After a successful World Cup run that saw Germany put four past Australia, England and Argentina, Joachim Loew will know that he still has the support of the DfB and the backing of all of Germany to lead Die Mannschaft on to further success in 2012 at the European Championships and in 2014 at the […]

Manager Dieter Hecking has one of the grimmest season's ahead of him with a depleted Nurnberg squad. After the losses of key players during the summer and a failure to replenish the squad, Hecking and Nurnberg could very well be heading for 2. Bundesliga by the end of the season. Key Players The problem with […]