David Reed

Bild is reporting that Mats Hummels has sustained another in a long line of ankle injuries. Having just returned to training following the healing of tears in the inner and outer bands on his ankle, he left training due to the ankle again today. This is the 3rd injury to the right ankle in a […]

Club Wealth Real Madrid €365.8m Manchester United €324.8m Barcelona €308.8m Bayern Munich €295.3m Chelsea €268.9m Arsenal €264.4m Liverpool €210.9m AC Milan €209.5m AS Roma €175.4m Inter Milan €172.9m Juventus €167.5m Olympique Lyon €155.7m Schalke 04 €148.4m Tottenham Hotspur €145m Hamburg SV €127.9m Olympique Marseille €126.8m Newcastle United €125.6m VfB Stuttgart €111.5m Fenerbahçe €111.3m Manchester City […]

(Photo credit:LENNART PREISS/AFP/Getty Images) With increased speculation and apparent player maneuverings, Bayern Munich have found themselves amidst an odd news cycle about losing Franck Ribery. Today, Franz Beckenbauer made a shrewd move and announced that their talismanic playmaker could leave in the summer if the player himself really wants the move. The destination was confirmed […]

Bayern Munich moved into second after a well-deserved home victory over Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund scored early when Nelson Valdez slipped behind Demichelis and Tomas Hajnal's precision pass turned the Argentine defender too quickly, resulting in him falling and leaving Valdez through alone on the keeper. However, Dortmund spent too much time defending both the lead […]

Arminia Bielefeld gained a point and a little breathing room in their fight to stay up this year. Things didn't start brightly when their defenders fell asleep and allowed Andriy Voronin to ghost onto a ball delivered by keeper Jaroslav Drobny and slot home a 13' lead. They leveled in the 40' when right back […]

While many expect Bayern to cruise through the second half of the season, their loss at Hamburg means it's not a foregone conclussion. Who do you think will win the title and feel free to post why you think. Who Will Win the League ( polls)

We can only hope that young players begin to take notice of Bayern Munich’s youth policy, which is to strip other clubs of their promising youth, destroy their confidence and send them out on loan as disappointments. With Podolski, Hummels and Kroos all finding new homes in January, it’s obvious that Bayern have become the […]

Edin Dzeko Against Cottbus 1. Bayer Leverkusen The subtitle to their season should be “how we got to the top with a crap defense”. They conceded goals by a misdirect from the wall on a free kick, allowing Tim Sebastian to waltz freely on another and letting 5’9 Iashvilli outjump a defender. If it weren’t […]

You may not be aware that Deutsche Welle has really ramped up their coverage of the Bundesliga in Ballspiel this season. I had often wondered why they didn't have particularly strong coverage, but things are changing and you should definitely bookmark their site. I am particularly enjoying Sean Sinco's blog. His latest entry is about […]

Karlsruhe and Eintracht Frankfurt repaid the 80 minutes of my life (and the 51,000 strong at the Commerz Bank Arena) that they stole with a scintillating finish. A game that was so boring that it would be offensive to compare it to the oft-used paint drying scenario, erupted into a comedy of blunders in the […]

Please click on picture to see all the caricatures of German footballers from Pit Hammanns Hamburg SV The Dinosaurs face Schalke in the most intriguing game of the weekend. They have lost three of the last four matches against the Royal Blues at Nordbank. Chances for this weekend’s game don’t seem great with Nigel de […]

Hi, Just a quick note before the long weekend. Jonathan Sterling of the Third Half has invited me to do a round up on the Bundesliga for his show. I am the first segment on this week's show, and if any of you are interested it is available via iTunes or directly here. If any […]

Here is a mini documentary on FC St. Pauli from Trans World Sport. It's two years old, but will give anyone uninitiated in the anti-fascism team a little background on the "Kult" club from Hamburg.

The future is now as Germany are hit by injury to Robert Enke. Not that I wanted any injury to Enke, as I think he is a fantastic keeper and seems like an all around good guy; however, he has broken his hand during the run up to this round of World Cup qualifiers for […]

Jaroslav Drobny (HBS) 13 saves! This is what it takes to stop Bayer. Fantastic effort by the Czech puts him above Lehmann and Rost, who were both impressive as well. Pedro Geromel (Köln) This is the second straight week for Brazilian. He had a fantastic game neutralizing Rob Freund and he had a goal-line clearance […]