

transfers
Hooray for FC Hollywood
By: Luke |First of all, apologies to all of you for a slow response to this most interesting of weekends. Although I don’t blame the match, I’ve been pretty sick for three days, but trying to make a comeback today.
Clearly, I don’t want to write a match review. I’d simply make two points about the [...]
Robben’s new ‘hood & Champions League at a glance
By: Luke |Bayern’s official website has confirmed the Robben transfer as a fait accompli. Credit to reader jocamryn, who stole a little of my intended thunder, as my original headline was going to be something like “Hoeness touts Robben’s versatility, Dutchman to start in goal Saturday”. Maybe Hoeness just held up a picture of Ludovic [...]
One more transfer for the road!..
By: Luke |Update II 17:15 CET Both Süddeutsche and Sky Sports are confirming the deal, and this story out of the Netherlands (translated) quotes Robben on the transfer. Analysis to come following the CL draw.
Update: 15:45 CET. TZ, which seems to have had a bead on this story from the start, is reporting that [...]
As the Ribéry turns..
By: Luke |Cue the soap opera organ strains. It was a 3-ring Ribéry circus at the Säbener Strasse on Monday.
Aïe!
Of short term concern, Ribéry had to leave the training ground early on with an apparent groin strain. He will not be available for the scheduled friendly in Görlitz (hometown of Michael Ballack) tomorrow. [...]
Confusion is the name of the game.
By: Angela |Tim Borowski was a player from Werder Bremen. He started with Bremen in 2001 and managed 169 appearances for the club. In the summer of 2008, Borowski joined Bayern on a free transfer. When he joined Bayern, he was contracted until June 30, 2011. Now, for an undisclosed fee amount, Borowski [...]






