From the gridiron to the pitch, the tribal belonging of Bayern Munich and Texas A&M is so magical that it should never be underestimated.
Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac has said he will not take any risks on goalkeeper Manuel Neuer ahead of the Champions League visit to Liverpool on Feb. 19.
Neuer, 32, suffered a hand injury in the buildup to the Bundesliga match at Bayer Leverkusen earlier this month and has missed games against Leverkusen and Hertha Berlin.
“The player always makes the last call,” Kovac told a news conference ahead of the weekend meeting with Schalke.
“If the player says it’s not OK, you have to accept that as a…
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had some strong words for the DFB, German football’s governing body.
KLAGENFURT, Germany — After months of speculation linking him with Bayern Munich, Jann-Fiete Arp has signed a new contract at Hamburg until 2020.
Arp, 18, reportedly caught the eye of a host of top clubs including Bayern, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus after scoring two hat tricks and another goal for Germany in five matches at the European Under-17 Championship in May 2017.
But Arp then signed a contract with Hamburg through to 2019, saying at the time it “doesn’t make any sense…
Jann-Fiete Arp has scored twice in five appearances for Hamburg this season.
Hamburg have been granted special dispensation from the authorities to play 17-year-old striker Jann-Fiete Arp in the Bundesliga on Friday.
Germany’s Youth Employment Protection Act directs that employees aged 17 and under are only allowed to work between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Hamburg, in 15th place, kick off against Freiburg, one spot below them, at 8:30 p.m. on Friday.
Therefore, Hamburg had to ask for permission to play their teenager, who has scored twice in five appearances this season. Arp has…
Jann-Fiete Arp scored a goal in his first start for Hamburg on Nov. 4.
In the summer, Chelsea were keen to sign Jann-Fiete Arp for their academy. The 17-year-old Hamburg prodigy had other ideas, however, and rejected the offer, claiming that such a move was absolutely illogical.
“It won’t make any sense to leave my team and move abroad at the moment. I hardly achieved anything and have virtually no experience in professional football,” claimed Arp, who remained at the club he had joined seven years ago. “The risk would have been too big. Money shouldn’t matter…