2012/2013 Bundesliga Thread

[Nimreitz]

I know. It's really worrying, but I guess on the whole good for German soccer. They're going to have to replace Lewandowski though, and I think that could be very difficult. We'll see who they can get.

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Originally Posted by Nimreitz

I know. It's really worrying, but I guess on the whole good for German soccer. They're going to have to replace Lewandowski though, and I think that could be very difficult. We'll see who they can get.

I wouldn't mind if Dortmund did well. Their success pushes Bayern to make moves, which makes us more competitive in the CL.

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Schalke have set their sites on Raffael from Kiev and Belhanda to replace Holtby.

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Sahins buy option is 6 million

[Nimreitz]

I love when you're in Germany. I'm not getting this news anywhere else. Don't know much about the kid from Dynamo Kiev, but Belhanda is a star and I'm sure he wants to leave Montpellier after this awful title defense.

Fake edit (just wikipedia'd him): Ohhhhhhh, Raffael is the guy who was with Hertha Berlin! That's an interesting signing for them. I don't think he can beat out Farfan/Draxler/Belhanda, but he would be a really good backup. I thought he was the only guy who could actually play on that Hertha team that got relegated.

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Originally Posted by Nimreitz

I love when you're in Germany. I'm not getting this news anywhere else. Don't know much about the kid from Dynamo Kiev, but Belhanda is a star and I'm sure he wants to leave Montpellier after this awful title defense.

Fake edit (just wikipedia'd him): Ohhhhhhh, Raffael is the guy who was with Hertha Berlin! That's an interesting signing for them. I don't think he can beat out Farfan/Draxler/Belhanda, but he would be a really good backup. I thought he was the only guy who could actually play on that Hertha team that got relegated.

I'm back in the US for 2 weeks now, I just read Bild and Sport1 every day now.

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Sky Italia is saying Guardiola and Bayern have a deal. Haven't heard it from a German source though, but I do know that Guardiola's agent was going to have talks with Bayern today(or yesterday). Going to wait for a German source to report it before believing anything.

http://www.joe.ie/football/football-...ager-0032737-1

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Raffael loaned to Schalke till seasons end with a buy option. They also are targeting Michel Bastos from Lyon who has a buyout fee somewhere between 5-7 million euros.

[croco]

Earlier today I was about to post that I'm starting to believe there might be some truth to these Guardiola to Bayern rumors, but I didn't think Bayern would actually get this done.

[Ben]

It's been confirmed everywhere over here. Pep to Bayern it is.

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Wow

[Nimreitz]

I literally screamed when I saw this earlier today. I think I had the same reaction when van Gaal was hired. Before you think LvG was a flop, his first season was one game short of a treble.

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I wonder what this does to our transfers. Will we be able to attract big names? I wonder if Robben would fit. I'd think the likelihood of Isco coming have increased(assuming the Chelsea stuff doesn't happen this month), or maybe Götze would be more intrigued with joining us. I'm really excited and love how we beat out Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea for his services.

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Schalke and Bastos have agreed and they aren't too far apart in terms of transfer price with Lyon. Lyon wants 7 million, Schalke offering 5.

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Originally Posted by Nimreitz

I literally screamed when I saw this earlier today. I think I had the same reaction when van Gaal was hired. Before you think LvG was a flop, his first season was one game short of a treble.

I think it's kind of funny how van Gaal's time there is being portrayed by some now. Of course his personality adds to that and some of things he did were questionable, but he also ushered in a new era, helped bring along unknown players like Müller, Badstuber and others and overall did a lot more good than bad. This wasn't a great team when they got to the CL Final in 2010.