Hertha Berlin clear John Brooks for U.S. World Cup qualifiers despite injury

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Defender John Brooks has been cleared to join the United States team for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, despite picking up a minor knee injury in Hertha Berlin’s 4-2 defeat at FC Cologne this past weekend.
With Bobby Wood and Fabian Johnson pulling out of the U.S. squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Panama, Brooks’ knee problems could mean that Borussia Dortmund’s Christian Pulisic would be the only Bundesliga representative on the U.S. team for the matches against Honduras…

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Hertha Berlin’s Salomon Kalou signs new deal with Bundesliga club

Salomon Kalou’s contract had been due to expire at the end of the season.
Salomon Kalou has signed a new contract with Hertha Berlin.
Kalou joined Hertha from Lille in 2014, and his current deal had been due to expire at the end of the season.
The club have not yet confirmed the terms of his new contract.
Ivory Coast international Kalou has six goals and four assists in 16 games this season, and general manager Michael Preetz told the club’s official website: “We are delighted that Salomon has chosen to stay with us despite the other offers he received.
“He is an important…

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Hertha Berlin’s Salomon Kalou: ‘I love MLS, my wish is to play there’

Salomon Kalou is in the third year of a three-year contract.
Salomon Kalou has said it is his dream to move to the United States and play Major League Soccer in the final years of his career, but hopes to sign a new contract with Hertha Berlin first.
Kalou, 31, has entered the final few months of his current deal at Hertha, the club he joined from Lille in 2014, but is yet to agree a new contract.
The 2012 Champions League winner with Chelsea has been a key player for Hertha in their pursuit of European football and he is enjoying his time in the Bundesliga.
“The…

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Hertha Berlin: No room for violent fans inside Bundesliga stadiums

Hertha Berlin have condemned violent acts by fans.
Hertha Berlin have lashed out at those groups clashing in the German capital’s neighbourhood of Moabit on Saturday.
Nearly 100 arrests were made when Hertha and Eintracht Frankfurt supporters clashed violently on a busy crossroads in the neighbourhood of Moabit before their Bundesliga game on Saturday.
While the background of the clashes between the fan groups, which led to 96 arrests by Berlin’s police and six injured people, remains subject to a police investigation, Hertha sporting executive…

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Clashes between Hertha Berlin and Eintracht fans lead to 96 arrests

Fan clashes before Saturday’s Hertha Berlin match with Eintracht Frankfurt led to 96 arrests.
BERLIN — Berlin police made nearly 100 arrests on Saturday when Hertha Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt supporters clashed violently before their Bundesliga game.
Police say masked fans fought with batons, bottles, beer crates, chairs and flares on a busy street corner in the neighborhood of Moabit. The first officers on the scene faced “a group of around 60 rioters” who turned on the police.
Two police vehicles were damaged with stones and bottles before 96 arrests were made — with 73 of those…

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