Nico Kovac’s side head into their midweek Bundesliga fixture in need of a win to keep the pressure on leaders Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich tackle RB Leipzig on Wednesday at the Allianz Arena in an encounter that promises to have a huge impact on their Bundesliga challenge. A run of eight successive seasons in which…

The Dortmund manager ranks both the teenager and the Chelsea star over the England and Belgium star strikers Kylian Mbappe and Eden Hazard would be Lucien Favre’s two picks if he could sign anyone, with the Borussia Dortmund manager saying he would pass on Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku and Robert Lewandowski. Mbappe’s rising star reached…

The Arsenal and Germany legend is hosting a homecoming game at his first club in Hannover with two star-studded lineups taking part Per Mertesacker will play his final game of football this weekend as a team of former Hannover team-mates take on some of his ex-colleagues from Arsenal and other clubs. The 34-year-old hung up…

Unable to agree new terms with the attacking midfielder, BVB felt that the deal offered by the Blues was one they could not afford to turn down Christian Pulisic is joining Chelsea in a £58 million (€64m/$73m) deal that will see him loaned back to Dortmund for the remainder of the 2018-19 season. The USA international…

One of England’s hottest prospects has fans wondering when he will return to the UK, but he is in no rush to depart Germany quite yet Jadon Sancho has admitted that he has no plans to leave Borussia Dortmund any time soon amid speculation that he would make a swift return to England. The 18-year-old…

The German champions’ coach rejected the suggestion his team are in a state of crisis following a three-game winless streak Niko Kovac insisted James Rodriguez remains valued at Bayern Munich as he played down rumours of dressing-room unrest. Reports in Germany suggest star midfielder James has grown impatient with a lack of opportunities amid the club’s…

The Poland star earned praise from his new manager, who also singled out Jupp Heynckes as Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup Niko Kovac lauded hat-trick hero Robert Lewandowski but the Bayern Munich head coach thanked former boss Jupp Heynckes following Sunday’s DFL-Supercup victory. Kovac’s tenure got off to a winning start thanks to star striker…

The Bundesliga giants are among those keeping a close eye on a highly-rated midfielder Ajax who could soon be the subject of a big-money transfer Bayern Munich may be about to join the race for Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong, with the Dutchman already being linked with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Barcelona. The 21-year-old…

The young defender has told Goal that he rates the Brazilian on a purely defensive basis higher than the likes of Virgil van Dijk Mainz star Moussa Niakhate has hailed Paris Saint-Germain’s Thiago Silva as the best defender in the world. Niakhate spent last season in Ligue 1 with Metz, discovering France’s top flight for…

A number of the Bavarians’ squad have been singled out for poor showings in recent weeks, and the Bundesliga champions will no longer stand for it Bayern Munich executive board chairman Karl-Heinze Rummenigge has launched an astonishing attack on the German media, claiming the team’s’ players have been unfairly criticised. The Bundesliga champions have come…