January 30th, 2009

MATCHDAY! Finally . . .

By: Chris |

Yep, the Rückrunde (that’s the spring season/second half to you non-German speakers, you know, like myself) gets underway today with one of the marquee fixtures in all of football this weekend. Die Rothosen take on the Munich Machine at the ‘Bank.

Category: Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Champions League, DFB-Pokal, Martin Jol, Match Preview, Player News, Team News

Tags: 1.Bundesliga, 1860 Munich, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Champions League, DFB-Pokal, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Martin Jol, Match Preview, Player News, SV Hamburg, Team News, Vfb Stuttgart

January 28th, 2009

The new guy

By: Chris |

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HSV are on the verge of acquiring Deportivo Tachira defensive midfielder and Venezuelan international Tomas Rincon on a loan deal.

Category: Team News

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Hamburger SV, Player News, PSV Eindhoven, SV Hamburg, Team News, Team notes, Transfer Rumors

January 27th, 2009

Short Passes

By: Chris |

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Quick hits before this evening’s DFB-Pokal tie with 2. Bundesliga side 1860 Munich:

Category: Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Match Preview, Player News, Team News, Transfer Rumors

Tags: 1860 Munich, 2. Bundesliga, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Hamburger SV, Match Preview, Player News, SV Hamburg, Team News, Transfer Rumors

January 23rd, 2009

Friday’s news

By: Chris |

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•The DFB has handed down its verdict on the dust up between Ivica Olic and Carlos Eduardo of TSG: Suspensions for both–2 Bundesliga games and 3 friendlies. Ouch. For HSV, Olic is out for the Bayern match on 30 January and the trip to Karlsruhe on 7 February.
•Mladen Petric is still nursing a tender calf [...]

Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Köln, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Martin Jol, Player News, Schalke 04, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, VfB Stuttgart, Vfl Bochum, Werder Bremen

January 21st, 2009

Latest De Jong update

By: Chris |

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As reported in this space earlier, HSV agreed to Manchester City’s offer of 18-20 million Euro (depending on who you’re asking) for the rights to midfielder Nigel de Jong, and now there is a report in today’s edition of Bild (and confirmed by Kicker.de) stating De Jong has agreed to terms with City to the tune of [...]

January 19th, 2009

De Jong Update

By: Chris |

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It’s all done but the signing. HSV has agreed to Manchester City’s transfer offer of €20.5M, and now all that’s left is for De Jong’s agent to negotiate a contract for Nigel with the Citizens.
That’s all well and good, but what should HSV do with the dough? I’d love to hear your comments on:
•Replacement for [...]

January 16th, 2009

De Jong to Citeh?

By: Chris |

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As first reported on the Manchester City Offside, City have made an offer for another young HSV star, this time Nigel de Jong. The transfer fee is reported to be €15M (OR €16.5M, depending on the source), and this is not a tactic employed by Nigel’s agent to squeeze more money out of HSV during [...]

Category: Bayern Munich, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Hertha BSC Berlin, Juventus, Manchester City, Martin Jol, Player News, Serie A, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News, Transfer Rumors

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Juventus, Manchester City, Martin Jol, Player News, Serie A, SV Hamburg, Team News, Transfer Rumors, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

January 13th, 2009

Tuesday’s news

By: Chris |

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News from training camp in chilly La Manga, Spain . . .
•Tuesday’s friendly versus Spanish side Cartagena was cancelled. BMJ had only *8* healthy bodies in training on Monday, and wanted as many players fit as he could get for Thursday’s friendly with Bundesliga leaders TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
•Alex Silva has a hernia and will miss the next four [...]

Category: Player News, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Team News

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, FC Bruges, Hamburger SV, Player News, SV Hamburg, Team News, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

January 6th, 2009

More transfer madness

By: Chris |

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Great story today in the online edition of the Hamburg Abendblatt about the rumored deal for Lukas Podolski. The Abendblatt is a more reputable source than say, Bild, which is why the story has some legs. The gist of the story: Since they’re not going to trade Ivica Olic, how can HSV pay Bayern’s €10M [...]

Category: Bundesliga, Player News, Team News, Transfer Rumors

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Player News, SV Hamburg, Team News, Transfer Rumors

January 6th, 2009