***Bundesliga Thread***

I just liked it purely for the cover.

Guessing it has something to do with the France/Germany friendly on Wednesday.

 

Depends how much money they get for him, and he won't be sold until the summer. So there'll definitely be other teams involved.

Dortmund is amazing at bringing in young relatively unknown players for cheap and turning them into stars. They also have a very strong youth system.

 

About time the Bundesliga starts showing more interest in the U.S. market. They need to get some of their bigger teams to do preseason friendlies here (which they've never done otoh), and then get off GolTV.

Germany's Bundesliga Wants To Push Into U.S. Market, Get Match Against MLS All-Stars

By HJ Mai, Staff Writer

Published February 14, 2013​

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The MLS All-Stars defeated Champions League champion Chelsea 3-2 at the 2012 MLS All-Star Game.​

Germany's Bundesliga is setting its sights on the U.S. market as the next phase of its global expansion plan, and has explored talks with Major League Soccer about sending a team to play in its All-Star Game, according to the league's Head of Business & Specialist Media Dirk Meyer-Bosse.

He did not reveal if there have already been discussions with MLS regarding such a matchup, but it is clear the league hopes to have such a game in the near future. Germany's top-flight football league has made forays into Japan and Poland in recent years, and Meyer-Bosse said it is now targeting India and the U.S. "as two core markets for upcoming things." Meyer-Bosse explained that by "upcoming things" he was not talking about the Bundesliga exploring those markets “in the next two years, but before the end of the season.”

The German league seems to have laid its eyes on one specific occasion. Meyer-Bosse said, “The American Major League Soccer plays an annual All-Star Game, and there are thoughts of sending a Bundesliga team to play against the MLS All-Star team.” No Bundesliga team has ever played in the MLS All-Star Game as participants have almost exclusively been Premier League clubs. Asked about whether a Bundesliga team will participate in the 2013 or 2014 MLS All-Star Game, MLS Corporate Communications Dir Sean Dennison wrote in an email: “MLS has a long-standing relationship with the Bundesliga.

The league is speaking with a number of world-class clubs from multiple leagues about being the opponent in our All-Star Game. We will have additional details in the future.” The Bundesliga has the highest stadium attendance of any football league in the world and recently broke the €2B ($2.7B) revenue mark for the first time.

 

Yikes at Bayern's PK's.

Would be cool to see Klopp go out with a trophy.

 

Lewandowski broke his jaw and nose, and suffered a concussion yesterday.

Will be Dortmund vs. Wolfsburg in the German Cup Final.

 

Relegation battle with 2 matches left

 

Paderborn and Freiburg relegated, Hamburg in the playoff.