Borussia Dortmund have announced the extension of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s contract with the club until 2020, according to the club's website. The Gabonese forward has been sought out by many European clubs, including Arsenal and Bayern Munich. His pace makes him an attractive player to many managers, but his talents will remain with Dortmund.
FOX Sports just got a whole lot more German.
The Bundesliga and FOX Sports have agreed to a deal in which FOX will either televise or stream every single Bundesliga game this upcoming season. Of the 306 Bundesliga games, 58 will be shown on FOX SPorts 1, 60 on FOX Sports 2, and the rest streamed on FOX Soccer Plus.
After a disappointing loan spell at Hamburg SV in the Bundesliga, American 20-year-old Julian Green will give it another go at Bayern Munich in 2015/16.
He will start out in the U23s, where he will attempt to establish himself in the first team, and help the side win promotion to the German 3rd division.
At the end of this past season there were numerous rumors about Bastian Schweinsteiger leaving Bayern Munich. Although no offers were made, Manchester United, with head coach Louis van Gaal, never failed to miss an opportunity to praise the German midfielder for his leadership, strength, and ability to control the game.
And although Schweinsteiger himself remained quiet for the most part about Manchester United’s interest in him, one could sense his passion and his will to move to another club, to get another challenge; Schweinsteiger never committed himself to Bayern Munich.
Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels had a terrible season in 2014/15, and so did the rest of his team. Good teams have slow starts all of the time, so it was hard to take their slide seriously at first. Then the team was in the relegation zone in week 10, and then dead last all the way into week 19, and it was impossible to call what was happening at Dortmund just a slow start; it was a full blown crisis.
It was a sad day in Germany when Bastian Schweinsteiger announced he would leave Bayern Munich and begin a new journey in the Premier League. But as all good business goes, life moves on. Pep Guardiola and the Board of Directors have gathered and discussed who would take Schweinsteiger’s spot on the squad and be able to benefit the club.
It's a bittersweet moment when you do something amazing that doesn't count.
On one hand, you did something amazing. On the other hand, in the long run it doesn't count for anything.
Paderborn midfielder Marcel Ndjeng must be feeling this way after his insane volley in a preseason game against Bolton.
On one hand, holy cra did you see that? On the other, meh, it was the preseason. He has set the bar awfuly high though.
Franz Beckenbauer, a legendary player and Bayern Munich's honorary president, has said that now-departed midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger would be better off if he had transferred to Major League Soccer instead of Manchester United.
Schweinsteiger, who is set to become the first German to appear for Manchester United, will have to prove himself all over again in the premier league, Beckenbauer said.
Manchester United and Bayern Munich have officially confirmed the transfer of midfielder and German World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger. Ignoring the German’s age, this has been one of van Gaal’s best transfers since announcing Di Maria’s contract last year, but will Schweinsteiger be the answer to Manchester United’s problems?
Musical artist and rapper Jay Z has announced the signing of the first European footballer to his own sports agency label called Roc Nation Sports. German defender Jerome Boateng joins current American sport giants like Kevin Durant, CC Sabathia, and Dez Bryant with the Roc Nation group.