Chris Mcquade

Manager Mirko Slomka will know that his side avoided relegation by a very narrow five points last season, and lifting his side further out of that relegation dogfight will be the priority this season. After a summer of changes, Slomka will be looking to improve on last year's narrow escape from relegation. Whether or not […]

Joachim Loew has announced his squad for Germany's upcoming friendly against Denmark. Loew has chosen to rest the majority of his World Cup stars and call up younger players to the squad who will be given the chance to impress and begin to force their way into the German national team on a more regular […]

Liverpool's Philipp Degen has been deemed surplus to requirements at Anfield and has sealed a season-long loan move to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. Degen, aged 27, certainly has a lot to do to reignite his career. Degen made a good impression during a three-year period with Borussia Dortmund. He earned national team call-ups and built […]

FA Charity Shield

Manager Robin Dutt, whose only real previous managerial experience is with lowly side Stuttgart Kickers, has so far been impressive as a Bundesliga manager with Freiburg. While he hasn't pulled off any miracles, it certainly is a commedable achievement keeping Freiburg afloat in the Bundesliga. This season the task will be the same, and he […]

Germany team-mates Thomas Mueller and Miroslav Klose got on the scoresheet to dismiss Schalke and claim an early piece of silverware by way of the German Super Cup. Thomas Mueller's reputation continues to grow after breaking in the Bayern Munich first-team late last season. After impressive performances in the Champions League particularly, Mueller forced himself […]

And so it begins. Last season's Bundesliga and DFB Pokal champions Bayern Munich will face an in-form and energized Schalke side who were Bayern Munich's most competitive challengers for the Bundesliga crown last season. Felix Magath would like nothing more to pip Bayern Munich to a domestic trophy this season, and he knows he has […]

Manager Zvonimir Soldo will know that he's really up against the odds with Koln this season. After a summer of changes, Koln will either be in a relegation dogfight or securing themselves a place in the safety of mid-table. Koln's status as a yo-yo club is certainly not one Soldo wants to nurture. Koln will […]

Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg both grabbed impressive wins against Manchester City and Chelsea respectively. Dortmund beat the big spending Manchester City by a score of 3-1, while Hamburg came from behind and defeated Premier Leauge champions Chelsea by a score of 2-1. Dortmund defeated this summer's biggest spenders Manchester City quite emphatically, which is an […]

Monchengladbach manager Michael Frontzeck will know that he has another tough season ahead of him with Die Fohlen. Despite this, keeping Monchengladbach afloat in the Bundesliga this season is and will remain Frontzeck's main objective, with everything else being just a bonus. Key Players American midfielder Michael Bradley exploded onto the world football stage at […]

Head coach Ralf Rangnick has so far done a splendid job with Hoffenheim, who will be entering their second consecutive Bundesliga season. In the 2008-2009 season, Hoffenheim were promoted to the Bundesliga and immediately shot to the top of the table. A striking trinity of Vedad Ibisevic, Demba Ba and Chinedu Obasi tore teams apart […]

Schalke's Brazilian wing-back Rafinha has completed a move to Genoa in Serie A. Rafinha had been at Schalke since 2005, and made 153 league appearances for the Bundesliga side. After Felix Magath made defensive signings in the form of Tim Hoogland, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Christoph Metzelder and Atsuto Uchida, Rafinha must have been deemed surplus to […]

Gol TV have purchased the rights to exclusively air the German Super Cup match between Bayern Munich and Schalke on Saturday. Gol TV have also gone ahead and purchased the rights to exclusively air next season's German Super Cup match. It seems that after an excellent display by the German national team at the World […]

Bayern Munich winger and World Cup finalist Arjen Robben has sustained a long-term injury that will rule him out of competitive football for a period of up to two months. Robben missed the start of the Netherlands' World Cup campaign with a thigh injury, and the way he was rushed back to fitness seems to […]

Dimitar Berbatov is less a divisive figure amongst United fans and more a Red Herring, any time his name is rolled out by rival fans it’s along the lines “you could have had Torres or Tevez for less money”. His lack of goals for United is a statistic you can’t ignore, over his two seasons […]