FC Bayern Munich 2006/07

So what teams everybody would like to see against Aachen as this is the last test before the tough Madrid game.
Either we play
------Hargreaves----------Demichelis--------
--Van Bommel---------------Schweinsteiger--


or a more offensive formation.

----------------Hargreaves----------------
--Van Bommel-------------Schweinsteiger--
------------------Karimi-------------------

ALTINTOP CONFIRMS BAYERN MOVE
Schalke's Hamit Altintop has confirmed he will be swapping blue for red next season by joining Bayern Munich.

The Turkey midfielder recently revealed he would not be extending his contract in Gelsenkirchen, but remained tight-lipped over his future.

He has now announced he has accepted an offer from the Bavarians, and hit out at his present employers for not doing more to convince him to stay.

"I am going to take Bayern's three-year offer," he told Sport Bild magazine.

"Schalke have made the decision easier for me recently by not playing me, even though I have always been playing well."

The 24-year-old may not see much more action for the Royal Blues this season following those remarks, but is keen to help them win their first-ever Bundesliga title before heading south.

"I want to travel to Munich with a championship-winners medal," he added.

Neither Schalke nor Bayern have confirmed the report.

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Bayern Cannot Compete With Madrid For Ribéry
Bayern Munich have admitted that they cannot compete with the spending power of Real Madrid as the two clubs compete to sign Franck Ribéry.

The Marseille winger has been the subject of transfer speculation since last summer's World Cup Finals, but a firm offer has yet to be accepted by the French outfit.

Ribéry is wanted by Bayern to fill the gap left by Sebastian Diesler, who retired this season, but the Bundesliga giants admit that they may lose out for economic reasons.

Real Madrid's sporting director, Predrag Mijatovic, has openly admitted that his club is interested in signing the 23-year-old and they have the spending power on their side.

"We are interested, certainly," said Bayern president, Franz Beckenbauer. "Although, economically we cannot compete with Real Madrid."

The German club reportedly made an enquiry to Marseille, but were unable to broker a deal due to an imminent takeover of the Ligue 1 side.

Earlier this month, Bayern's general manager, Uli Hoeness, stated that if a new owner buys Marseille then Ribéry could well stay put.

"Marseille are going to be bought-out by Jack Kachkar," he said, reflecting on the Canadian pharmaceutical magante's bid for the club.

"We do not believe at all that one of his first steps as owner will be to sell a fan-favourite for the supporters at the Stade Velodrome."

Arsenal were also said to be in the running and Arséne Wenger could ask Ribéry's French international team-mates to help persuade him move to England.

München: Wechsel Altintops bestätigt - Kommt Sosa?

Schusters Chancen bei null

Am Dienstag, beim freundschaftlichen Bulls Cup in Salzburg, saßen Uli Hoeneß und Franz Beckenbauer auf der Tribüne nebeneinander. Sie sahen, wie ihr Bayern-Team ohne die Stammkräfte Kahn, Sagnol, Lucio, van Buyten, Lahm, Hargreaves, Salihamidzic und Makaay gegen die Gastgeber (3:2 i. E.) und gegen Urawa Red Diamonds (3:0) den Pokal gewann. Zudem sprachen sie über die Personalie schlechthin, die Trainerfrage.

Beckenbauer klärte dabei den Manager auf, wie es um einen potenziellen Bayern-Trainer Bernd Schuster (47) stehe.

Der Präsident hatte den heutigen Coach des spanischen Tabellensiebten am Wochenende auf Nachfrage freundlich gelobt und Schuster mögliche Absichten aus München freundlich erwidert. Was hätte ich anderes machen sollen, fragte Beckenbauer Hoeneß. Die Chancen, dass der in Spanien erfolgreich wirkende Europameister von 1980 die Nachfolge Ottmar Hitzfelds antritt, stehen zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt bei null. "Wir sind nicht hektisch auf der Suche", sagt Hoeneß, dem wie Beckenbauer das Modell mit Hitzfeld gefiele: "Wenn Ottmar es gut macht, ist er Kandidat."

Hitzfeld hat jedoch andere Pläne. Gegenüber dem kicker betonte er noch einmal: "Ich habe eine klare Aussage gemacht, mein Entschluss steht", jener, dass er lediglich bis Saisonende als Trainer tätig sein wolle. Deshalb hält er es für "legitim, dass sich Bayern umschaut".

Im Bereich der Spieler zeitigen diese Aktivitäten Erfolge. Was der kicker exklusiv berichtet hat, bestätigt nun Manager Uli Hoeneß: Hamit Altintop (24) kommt zum 1.Juli 2007 zum FC Bayern: "Ja, das stimmt". Der Schalker erhält einen Dreijahresvertrag.

Konkret wird derweil auch die Verpflichtung José Ernesto Sosas (21/ 1,79m/ 71 kg) von Estudiantes de la Plata. Der vielseitige Mittelfeldspieler, ein Rechtsfüßer, kann hinter den Spitzen und rechts wie links eingesetzt werden. Er ist dynamisch, lauf-, dribbel- und spielstark. Die Bayern beobachten den Argentinier seit nunmehr drei Jahren regelmäßig. Zur Klärung letzter Details weilt Sosa dieser Tage in München.

Karlheinz Wild

http://kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/361610/

Matthaeus keen to become Bayern coach

Former Germany captain and World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus has made clear his interest in coaching Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, his former club.

Asked whether he could do the job, Matthaeus, who has been coach at Austria's Red Bull Salzburg since May, told German newspaper Bild: "Of course."

"I am a Bundesliga insider and especially of Bayern," he added. "And it must be clear to whoever looks at my life up to now: my goal has to be the Bundesliga."

Bayern, currently fourth in Germany's top league and 11 points behind leaders Schalke 04, sacked Felix Magath at the end of last month and appointed former coach Ottmar Hitzfeld until the end of the season.

Matthaeus told Bild that Bayern should concentrate for now on regaining stability and beating Real Madrid, their next opponents in the Champions League.

But he said that if Bayern offered him the coaching job he would be prepared to negotiate a solution that was beneficial to all.

"I am convinced Lothar will have a great career and he'll one day be Bayern coach," the newspaper quoted Hitzfeld as saying.

Lodda is such a weirdo, he won't even become the greenkeeper at Bayern.

And the BILD would know the line-up before everyone else does at Bayern…

Btw nice quote by Hoeness:

"Wenn Matthäus Bundestrainer geworden wäre, das wäre wie wenn der Chefspion des KGB Bundeskanzler geworden wäre." - Uli Hoeneß auf die Frage, ob Lothar Matthäus für die Position des deutschen Nationaltrainers geeignet wäre.

Hoeness should just SHUT UP

he knows NOTHING about football; a complete fruitcake

"we won't miss Ballack at all; without him we will play more attractive football"

a bit later

" we need to buy somebody who is good at heading; somebody like Koller"



Loddar is hilarious

I would love to have him back in the Bundesliga

brilliant entertainment

The projected lineup from fcbayern.de:

FC Bayern: Kahn - Salihamidzic, Lucio, Lell, Lahm - Görlitz, Hargreaves, Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger - Pizarro, Podolski

Bench: Rensing, Hummels, Ottl, Scholl, Karimi, Santa Cruz, Makaay

Hitzfeld favored Pizarro and Poldi together upfront in the last training sessions.

...................Kahn............ ......
Brazzo......Lucio.....Lell......Lah m
Görlitz..Hargreaves..MvB....Schweni
..........Piza...........Poldi..... ........

Nice solid right side. Strong middle. Experimenting up top with different partners. Left side needs confidence and time on the ball.

I like it. Only concern will be Lell in back.

Makaay needs the rest, and Lukas needs the confidence and time in matches to get better. Sagnol could use the rest so this is perfect timing for him to miss a game. Micho could have been used at CB... poor timing.

http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20070227/20070227193908.htm

Sosa confirms himself that he will move to Bayern next season. Congrats on the deal, fellow Lederhosen!


I read somewhere that he'll cost $8m (~6m EUR), plus 10% of the transfer value should Bayern sell him. Still a good deal I reckon.

From what people have been saying , he's a talent , cant wait to see him play.

Thanks for the good news, Blut!

This is the whole article. (Spanish)

http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20070228/deportes33.htm

Piotr Trochowski has extended his contract with HSV today until 2011.

http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=16047&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=912&tx_ttnews[backPid]=16043&cHash=d9469bfd8e

Seems he isn't overly keen to return to Bayern...

blutgraetsche wrote:http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20070227/20070227193908.htm

Sosa confirms himself that he will move to Bayern next season. Congrats on the deal, fellow Lederhosen!


I read somewhere that he'll cost $8m (~6m EUR), plus 10% of the transfer value should Bayern sell him. Still a good deal I reckon.

Not sure if the deal is completely official but supposedly Valencia are trying to swoop in at the last minute to sign Sosa.

The deal is almost official. Apparently the player's agents only brought in Valencia to jack up the price. If you click on this link...

http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20070227/20070227193908.htm

...you can actually hear Sosa talk about the deal.

He's expected for the medical in Munich this week and will sign a five-year contract.

Bayern fans, do you have a clue if and when Ottmar Hitzfeld is going to play the German 'Wunderkind' Toni Kroos (17 years old)? According to various sources, he is extremely talented, some say the greatest talent in Germany (and one of the best in the world) these days. I haven't seen him play myself yet, that's why I'm curious to see if he is the real deal.

He trains with the first team already.

blutgraetsche wrote:...some say the greatest talent in Germany (and one of the best in the world) these days.

Well, if I remember it correctly it was the Bayern chief scout, who said Kroos is the best at his age he has ever seen when he signed him from Rostock. That's basically where this greatest German talent talks came from...at the U17 EC last year Kroos was one of many talents in our team. I personally was more impressed by Stuttgart's Manuel Fischer for example...

Btw is it true Sosa will earn 4.2 million Euro per year at Bayern? I mean that's almost 3 times more than Diego...

chrissicross wrote:
Well, if I remember it correctly it was the Bayern chief scout, who said Kroos is the best at his age he has ever seen when he signed him from Rostock. That's basically where this greatest German talent talks came from...at the U17 EC last year Kroos was one of many talents in our team. I personally was more impressed by Stuttgart's Manuel Fischer for example...

I have seen Manuel Fischer play myself, awesome talent, but he is playing on a different position though. He is a striker, while Kroos is a (central) midfielder.

The 1989 / 1990 generation really looks like to be a 'golden' one. There are great talents like Manuel Fischer, Marko Marin, Dennis Krol, the Bender twins Lars and Sven Bender etc. pp.

I'm curious to see Kroos play myself. That Bayern scout might be hyping him, but I don't think for no reason. Thanks for the info anyway chrissi.

blutgraetsche wrote:

chrissicross wrote:
Well, if I remember it correctly it was the Bayern chief scout, who said Kroos is the best at his age he has ever seen when he signed him from Rostock. That's basically where this greatest German talent talks came from...at the U17 EC last year Kroos was one of many talents in our team. I personally was more impressed by Stuttgart's Manuel Fischer for example...

I have seen Manuel Fischer play myself, awesome talent, but he is playing on a different position though. He is a striker, while Kroos is a (central) midfielder.

Yep, that's right. You were talking about the greatest German talent though, and not about the greatest German midfielder talent.

However, as a true Fischkopp, Kroos better should have moved to Werder Bremen anyway. Damn Bayern and all their money...

chrissicross wrote:Btw is it true Sosa will earn 4.2 million Euro per year at Bayern? I mean that's almost 3 times more than Diego...

No, Hoeness lashed out at journalists over these false reports today. The transfer fee will be around € 8 mil and Sosa will earn about € 5 mil in four years.

Effenberg wrote:

chrissicross wrote:Btw is it true Sosa will earn 4.2 million Euro per year at Bayern? I mean that's almost 3 times more than Diego...

No, Hoeness lashed out at journalists over these false reports today. The transfer fee will be around € 8 mil and Sosa will earn about € 5 mil in four years.

Thanks Effenberg, he earns a bit less than Diego then, that makes much more sense...

http://www.sport1.de/de/sport/artikel_925782.html

According to Sport1, Bayern are negotiating with Fiorentina about a Luca Toni transfer. According to the article, Toni's contract doesn't allow him to move to another Serie A club, that's why Bayern's chances to get him are supposedly good. He'll cost ~27m EUR.

Luca Toni would be a great transfer, despite his age of 29. He is class.

Bayern should be able to pay the price also, especially if they sell Hargreaves to Manu.

Looks like a few more years on the Bayern bench for Prinz Poldi then before he follows Santa Cruz to Gladbach...

I know I've said repeatedly that we should sell Hargreaves but now I'm not so sure anymore. He's really a key player and he's probably one of the reasons why I still have some hope for this season. If ManU really want to pay up to 30 mil that's an offer we can hardly refuse though.

Toni to Bayern? Sure, but because of his age for no more than 20 mil €. That would still be a record for Bayern.

30 million euros or pounds?

30 million euros.

30 million pounds.

chrissicross wrote:Looks like a few more years on the Bayern bench for Prinz Poldi then before he follows Santa Cruz to Gladbach...

Haha...

Santa Cruz will leave, Pizarro will probably leave also, Bayern need to replace them. Poldi is the future, but yeah, this wouldn't make things easier for him indeed.

If Klose leaves, we'll have to buy a striker ourselves. I'd prefer Huntelaar (let Bayern buy the old established players, they have the money, and us the promising youngsters... ), but it will be very difficult to get him knowing that most of the big clubs are interested.

Or we'll buy a disappointed Poldi, just like we did with Frings, and let Schaaf form him to a world class player.

I have a certain feeling Wurst Uli will give Pizarro a new contract in time...

Huntelaar would be great, but unfortunately I don't think that's realistic.

Even if Bayern signs Toni, I doubt Poldi would leave Bayern anytime soon. He's stubborn, he will prefer playing cards on the bench and driving Porsche together with Schlaudraff...

I already put my choices for striker in some thread.
Dbjril Cisse (He didnt do it at Liverpool but still a very good player and his pace is a threat).
Kone
Love
Mario Gomez
Amauri
Huntelaar

who else?

Here's their predicted Bayern roster:

Starters: Kahn, Sagnol, Lucio, van Buyten, Lahm, Goerlitz, van Bommel, Demichelis, Schweinsteiger, Makaay, Podolski

Reserves: Rensing, Dreher, Scholl, Karimi, Pizarro, Santa Cruz, Lell, Hummels, Fuerstner, Ottl

Out: Hargreaves, Ismael

Nearing 5th Yellow: Salihamidzic (4)