We've signed Jansen for €9M. Finally some competition for Lahm and Sagnol. (Y)

Add to that list Euro 96 victory with Germany :) Scholl is a legend (Y)

I did it, I typed Europameister 2006, I had to say "with Germany" klar......:drevil:

DANKE SCHOLLI!!!!!!!!!!!

We've signed Jansen for €9M. Finally some competition for Lahm and Sagnol. (Y)

Really good news!

I did it, I typed Europameister 2006

Germany won it in 1996, and the last Euro was in 2004

...

Fourth new face

Bayern sign Germany starlet Marcell Jansen

24.05.2007

http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/media/images/sonstiges_06_07/200/jansen_get_280307.jpg

A rumour which has been growing in intensity over the last few days became reality on Thursday evening when Bayern announced the signing of Germany starlet Marcell Jansen. The versatile 21-year-old arrives at the Säbener Strasse from relegated Borussia Mönchengladbach for an undisclosed fee, and is set to ink a four-year deal keeping him in Munich until 30 June 2011.

Jansen has played for Gladbach since joining his home-town club as an 11-year-old, but was unwilling to drop a division with the side which finished bottom of the Bundesliga in 2006-7. The youngster, who is equally at home on the left side of midfield or at left-back, has scored five goals in a total of 73 German top flight appearances to date.

He made his full international debut for Germany on 3 September 2005 against Slovakia, and currently boasts a total of 14 caps. Standing 1.91 metres / 6 ft 3 in tall and weighing in at 84 kilograms / 185 pounds, he was the youngest player in the Germany squad at last summer’s World Cup.

The Monchengladbach-born talent joins Hamit Alintop, Jan Schlaudraff and Ernesto Sosa as Bayern’s fourth confirmed new arrival for the coming campaign. More signings will be announced shortly.

A pleasant bonus for the player will be his new-found proximity to his girlfriend, voted “Miss Munich” two years ago and a resident of the Bavarian capital. Welcome to Bayern, Marcell!
fcbayern.de

Germany won it in 1996, and the last Euro was in 2004

Ja sorry, now I've changed my message, thank u awax:)

Fourth new face Bayern sign Germany starlet Marcell Jansen


24.05.2007 A rumour which has been growing in intensity over the last few days became reality on Thursday evening when Bayern announced the signing of Germany starlet Marcell Jansen. The versatile 21-year-old arrives at the Säbener Strasse from relegated scheiss-Borussia Mönchengladbach for an undisclosed fee, and is set to ink a four-year deal keeping him in Munich until 30 June 2011.

Jansen has played for scheiss-Gladbach(H) since joining his home-town club as an 11-year-old, but was unwilling to drop a division with the side which finished bottom of the Bundesliga in 2006-7. The youngster, who is equally at home on the left side of midfield or at left-back, has scored five goals in a total of 73 German top flight appearances to date.

He made his full international debut for Germany on 3 September 2005 against Slovakia, and currently boasts a total of 14 caps. Standing 1.91 metres / 6 ft 3 in tall and weighing in at 84 kilograms / 185 pounds, he was the youngest player in the Germany squad at last summer’s World Cup.

The scheiss-Monchengladbach-in die 2. LIGA!!!-born talent joins Hamit Alintop, Jan Schlaudraff and Ernesto Sosa as Bayern’s fourth confirmed new arrival for the coming campaign. More signings will be announced shortly.

A pleasant bonus for the player will be his new-found proximity to his girlfriend, voted “Miss Munich” two years ago and a resident of the Bavarian capital. Welcome to Bayern, Marcell!

GREAT!!!!!!!!!
I'm very happy to have him next season.
he's a great add to the team.

I hope we can sign toni too. but yesterday i heard a new what said he hasn't signed nothin with bayern.
does anybody knows something about that???

Don't know about Luca Toni, he's out of team in Fiorentina and he had to sign with FCB but I've no news by Italy.

So, national team for the matches of 2nd and 6th of june:

Das Aufgebot der deutschen Nationalelf (in red the players that I'd never call for Germany):

Tor: 1 Jens Lehmann (FC Arsenal), 12 Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart)

Abwehr: 35 Gonzalo Castro (Bayer Leverkusen), 24 Manuel Friedrich (FSV Mainz 05), 27 Clemens Fritz, 17 Per Mertesacker (beide Werder Bremen), 16 Philipp Lahm (Bayern München), 21 Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), 2 Marcell Jansen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Mittelfeld: 8 Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), 34 Roberto Hilbert, 15 Thomas Hitzlsperger (beide VfB Stuttgart), 38 Simon Rolfes, 19 Bernd Schneider (beide Bayer Leverkusen), 29 Jan Schlaudraff (Alemannia Aachen), 28 Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV)

Angriff: 32 Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), 37 Patrick Helmes (1. FC Köln), 11 Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), 31 Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke 04)

My favoutire starting 11 with these players:

HILDEBRAND

LAHM-MERTESACKER-METZELDER-JANSEN

FRINGS

SCHNEIDER-SCHLAUDRAFF-HITZLSPERGER

KURANYI-KLOSE

AMARCORD:):


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http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/1595/04deutschland1990depropne3.jpg


Steffi is fan of FCB and Deutschland, how many of u did know it?

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Ribery Ribery Ribery...

Ribery Ribery Ribery...

Don't start by getting my hoppes high. Is it what you wish we get or is there any voice in there? :o

Don't start by getting my hoppes high. Is it what you wish we get or is there any voice in there? :o

Bayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign French international Franck Ribery from Olympique Marseille, according to German sports news agency SID.

A Bayern spokesman said the club could not confirm the transfer, which the report said would be for around 15 million euros.

Let's wait and see.

Damn, please make that that happen :(
I don't want Robben, i want Scarace (H)

Boy picture this:

Schweinny, Van Bommel, Ribery, Sagnol (Or lahm or Ze Roberto ffs :D)
Poldi and Toni upfront
(H)

Don't forget Klose. :(

Bayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign French international Franck Ribery from Olympique Marseille, according to German sports news agency SID.

A Bayern spokesman said the club could not confirm the transfer, which the report said would be for around 15 million euros.

Let's wait and see.

I can't stop shaking right now. Please God.

Is Mike Hanke injured or just not considered good enough anymore. I heard that Hannover signed him for almost 5 million pounds.

heres another link that the Ribery deal is done

French midfielder Franck Ribery will join Bayern Munich this summer, a source close to the club revealed on Friday, in a deal believed to be worth close to $24.6 million.




http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200705/s1933916.htm

It's not a done deal. Ribery, his agent and Bayern denied it.

It's not a done deal. Ribery, his agent and Bayern denied it.

Same thing happened with Gareth Bale's move to Tottenham. Everyone denied it until the paper work was totally finished. It looks like we are the most likely to get Ribery. BTW, is there any news on Toni and Ze Reberto?

BTW, is there any news on Toni and Ze Reberto?
The thing is they want to announce the big transfers all at once soon. They're planning on selling the rights to this presentation to a German pay tv company so it looks like no Toni, Ribery or Klose will be confirmed before.

Hoeness says there are six done deals, in the end there will be seven or eight new players.

1-Hamit
2-Schlaudraff
3-Sosa
4-Jansen

5-Toni
6-Ze Roberto
7-one of Ribery/Robben/Quaresma
8-Klose

wow you guys look like a great team for next year

For once we mean business in the transfer window. We are actually looking outside of Germany. Now if we can only capture those signings. I never heard about Queresma coming to us. That'd be something special. When will we find out for sure what's happening?

Also, any news on whether we are getting Klose this year or next year?

The thing is they want to announce the big transfers all at once soon. They're planning on selling the rights to this presentation to a German pay tv company so it looks like no Toni, Ribery or Klose will be confirmed before.

Hoeness says there are six done deals, in the end there will be seven or eight new players.

1-Hamit
2-Schlaudraff
3-Sosa
4-Jansen

5-Toni
6-Ze Roberto
7-one of Ribery/Robben/Quaresma
8-Klose

Ok....this is looking good...so six are done? well looking at those names, those six are Hamit, Schlaudraff, Sosa, Jansen, Toni and Ze Roberto. Only Klose and Ribbery/Robben/Quaresma are left.

I highly doubt Quaresma is coming, he even said he didn't want to come.
Robben on the other hand considers a move to Bayern and his father is OK with it. Ribery....well rumors have risen again and it looks like hes coming.

Hendrik do you know the actual date they are going live with the transfers? I'm just hoping Klose and Toni make it. Klose is a workhorse and is always moving around, i love a type of player like him, he can really help us.

Bayern target Van Persie

The German giants want the Dutch striker after missing out on Chelsea star Arjen Robben, who is set to sign a new five-year deal at Stamford Bridge. Bayern deputy chairman Karl-Heinz Rumenigge has promised “brutal and ruthless” changes following the club’s failure to reach next season’s Champions League.

The four-time winners of the competition, who last triumphed in 2001, have money to spend following the sale of Owen Hargreaves to Manchester United.

Van Persie cost Arsenal £2.75million when he signed from Dutch club Feyenoord in 2004.
He endured a troubled first two seasons in north London with disciplinary problems on and off the pitch.

This season, however, he looked like finally fulfilling his potential with 13 goals for the Gunners before a broken metatarsal ended his season in January.

He remained, however, the club’s leading scorer this season with 13 goals and boss Arsene Wenger will not be keen on letting him go.
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Wtf is going on...on day Robben is looking likely to sign, next he's scratching his head again.

Also, any news on whether we are getting Klose this year or next year?
It all depends on Bremen. They have to decide if they want to take €15M and strengthen one of their biggest rivals or if they keep him for another season and then let him move to us on a free. The majority of their fans already see him as a traitor and want to get rid of him as soon as possible.



Hendrik do you know the actual date they are going live with the transfers?

"One, two or, at the very latest, three weeks" is the official version.


Wtf is going on...on day Robben is looking likely to sign, next he's scratching his head again.
Robben still has Bayern option (http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=468428&CPID=8&clid=8&lid=3&title=Robben+still+has+Bayern+option)
"There is still a possibility of Arjen moving to Munich," Robben snr told Kicker Magazine.

"I have agreed to call [Hoeness] when things are cleared up with Chelsea, but we have not reached an agreement with Chelsea yet."

I think Robben's father is just trying to get a better deal. Ballack has truly f*cked up their payroll. (H)

Damn, that'd be one hell of an event on pay per view tv

Things are looking up. i love the idea of a pay per view presentation (H)
Truly genius. Some extra cash won't hurt :D
also believe the best signing so far has to be Schlaudraff. The guy is talent and will do good even though he won't start a lot of games as of yet.

we really need deapth in the bench though because we will be required to win the FA cup and the Bundesliga. Everything other than that will be considered a failure.

Bayern target Van Persie

No rapists please.

Na na na. Now we need Ribery (I'd prefere Robben obviously), Toni and Ze Roberto, + a defensives mittelfelder to replace Hargreaves, or have us to play with Ottl or Micho in that position? So why don't try Lucio, so he can't cause damages in defence........

I think it's Ze Roberto who's supposed to replace Hargreaves. It's not easy to find a player who complements van Bommel. That player needs to tackle as well as to be a decent passer of the ball.

Robin is never gonna leave Arsenal for BM and Arsenal will never let him go either that's for sure!

I don't think BM really want van Persie!

They try to get Klose, Robben or Ribery!!

Why an earth would Ribery want to go to a uefa cup team in a mediocre league. Must be being offered outrageous wages one can only guess.....

I don't think BM really want van Persie!

They try to get Klose, Robben or Ribery!!

Robben is about to sign a new 5 year deal with Chelsea so no go either.

Bayern München and 1. Bundesliga are much better than OM and Ligue 1!!

And one UEFA Cup season isn't reason...

Why an earth would Ribery want to go to a uefa cup team in a mediocre league. Must be being offered outrageous wages one can only guess.....

At least he would have a chance to win the mediocre league instead of going through a "period of transition" for the next decade. Of course $$$ is all what counts these days.

Luca Toni will sign a three year contract tomorrow which will make him the highest paid player in the league.

Ballack has truly f*cked up their payroll. (H)

LOOOOOOOOOOOL:hump:

Chelsea's having a problem with players and wages because they offered Ballack and Schev those huge over 100000 pound/weak wages. Robben's staying for sure though.
I'm guessing that bonuses and a lot of promises are being made to convince players to go from other teams to Bayern Munich. These guys know the history with Bayern and have witnessed Bayern win trophies like the CL and hear of Bayern's succes in Germany so the size of the club isn't going to get in the way if they want to move. I consider Bayern just as big as Arsenal and van Persie is Dutch so it'd make sense if he moved back to the continent if he's having problems at Arsenal but I think that he's been successful there despite injuries and wouldn't go anywhere right now.

Can we please stop talking about van Persie? There's no reason for him to leave Arsenal, it's just some English tabloid speculation.

I consider Bayern just as big as Arsenal
Is that supposed to be a compliment?

Luca Toni will sign a three year contract tomorrow which will make him the highest paid player in the league.

great. i was being afraid with this tema. i heard some words of toni and he said he hadn't signed nothing with bayern and somethings about the lenguaje... but well, he will be of bayern!

and now zé, ribéry and maybe klose!!
in any case my preference would be sign a CB before klose and sign him next year.

we have jansen, lahm, sagnol, görlitz and lell. Why do bayern want 5 players for positions that we only need 4?
in fact görlitz or lell aren't necessary. this is be cold but is the truth.

a solution would be put jansen as a left midfielder and lell and görlitz as RB and lell as LB

Robin is never gonna leave Arsenal for BM and Arsenal will never let him go either that's for sure!

We don't want van Persie......(H)

MMM, Ze Roberto as defensive midfielder? Maybe, he's 33 old and he has to change his role.
So, maybe we could play this way?:

KAHN (RENSING)

LAHM(SAGNOL)-LUCIO:nape:(ISMAEL)-VAN BUYTEN-JANSEN

RIBERY(SOSA)-VAN BOMMEL-ZE ROBERTO (OTTL, MICHO, HAMIT)-SCHWEINI

TONI(MAKAAY)-POLDI (SCHLAUDRAFF)

I think it's Ze Roberto who's supposed to replace Hargreaves. It's not easy to find a player who complements van Bommel. That player needs to tackle as well as to be a decent passer of the ball.

Schweinsteiger?

Bigger than Arsenal, most people wouldn't agree with that though.

Bigger than Arsenal, most people wouldn't agree with that though.

I disagree. I think most people know that we're bigger than Arsenal. We have more cup wins in every category. Also have more money and probably more fans.

Schweinsteiger?

Yeah, he could play that role. But after this sh*t season he doesn't deserve to get a starting spot. He needs a major kick in the ass to bring him back on track, he needs to fight for his spot. The same applies to Podolski and Lahm. The WC hype is gone, if they don't finally perform at club level they will be riding the bench.

Fiorentina just said that they'll let Toni leave this year if he wants.

Fiorentina just said that they'll let Toni leave this year if he wants.

It's an official news, Luca Toni leaves Florence, so said the player and the Fiorentina too, but the destination is not specified, some days ago it was sure in Italy that Toni was coming to FCB, now nobody said that, don't know, I'm confused......:boohoo:

It's so obvious, hes not announcing where hes going cause hes waiting for the pay per view!

Fiorentina confirmed Toni's transfer to Bayern for €13M.

Wow, that's even cheap. He's signed a four year contract.

Bayern: Ribery has not signed

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=469125&CPID=22&clid=156&lid=2&title=Bayern:+Ribery+has+not+signed

Welcome to last week. Those quotes are from Friday. Bayern's officials are in France to finalize the deal.

http://www.sportbild.de/sportbild/images/titel22.jpg

And they're calling Ze a major signing? lol
I thought we were to add another major piece to the puzzle.

And they're calling Ze a major signing? lol
I thought we were to add another major piece to the puzzle.
Well depends if you consider Klose a major piece.

If Ze hadn't played for us in the past years we'd all be having a wankfest at the prospect of Brazil's player of the year joining us.

Well not really, unless he was 10 years younger.
I like him don't get me wrong but still i would have explored other options. He played for us, we know what he brings to the table that is why i would have loved the idea of a newcomer. It's like reataining a loaned player, not really a new signing.

So we look like this now:

------------------Kahn

Jansen(Lahm)-------Lucio(Micho)-------Van Buyten(Ismael)-------------Sagnol?

Scweinny(Schlaudraff)---------Ribery(Sosa)---------Van Bommel(Lell)----Ze Roberto(Altintop)

----------------Toni(Makaay)--------Podolski(Klose)

Ze comes on a free, won't make too much, speaks German, Hitzfeld likes him, left footed, can play two positions. He's a decent squad player for two more years.

This is how I see it:

--------------------- Kahn

Sagnol/Lahm -- Lucio -- Ismael/vBusten -- Jansen

------------ vBommel -- Ze Roberto

Sosa --------------------------------- Ribery

-------------- Toni ------ Klose

or, if we don't get Klose, a 4-5-1 is also possible with the three behind Toni rotating

-------- vBommel -- Ze Roberto

Sosa ---------- Ribery -------- Schweinsteiger

---------------- Toni

Looks sexy either way. I'm excited. I'm actually surprised we were able to get Toni for 13. I wonder how much Ribery will cost exactly.

This is how I see it:

--------------------- Kahn

Sagnol/Lahm -- Lucio -- Ismael/vBusten -- Jansen

------------ vBommel -- Ze Roberto

Sosa --------------------------------- Ribery

-------------- Toni ------ Klose

or, if we don't get Klose, a 4-5-1 is also possible with the three behind Toni rotating

-------- vBommel -- Ze Roberto

Sosa ---------- Ribery -------- Schweinsteiger

---------------- Toni

They both look good, but im really hoping and praying for Klose to come, he would really seal the deal. I hope Werder cash in on him this transfer window :brow:

Don't forget we have a guy called.........ROY MAKAAYYYYYY:)
Next year he'll be scoring 30 goals in Bundesliga, if he stays in München klar.......:jambo:

If die DREI kommen:

-----------------------KAHN (RENSING)-----------------------

LAHM (SAGNOL)- LUCIO (ISMAEL, MICHO)- VAN BUYTEN- JANSEN

-------------------------ZE ROBERTO (HAMIT, OTTL)----------

----RIBERY (SOSA)----VAN BOMMEL---SCHWEINI (SCHLAUDRAFF)

--------------MAKAAY (TONI)--------------POLDI--------------:boohoo:

i hope very much we can get ribéry. and with ribéry or antoher star we would have signed 6 players and we only would need a DM (+klose if you want). maybe i would wait to sign this player, zé is old and there are another interesting options. we would have all july and august to sign just one player. and in this way the vacations would be more exciting, all teams will be talking about transfers and we don't. we should sign now all important players (ribéry, toni) and wait to sign a simple DM.

----------------------------rensing
----------------------------kahn

sagnol----------lucio-------------------vbuyten------------lahm
görlitz--------demichelis-----------------ismaël---------lell/jansen

ribéry----------vbommel-----------------zéroberto-------schweinsteiger
sosa------------altintop-------------------ottl--------jansen/schlaudraff

------------------toni---------------podolski
--------------makaay/klose--------schlaudraff

new Scorpions album rocks! :rockman: :p

Hello to all Bayern fans.I'm new here and i'm Bayern fan as i remember watching football.The last year was very hard for the team,but i hope for the upcoming season to be filled with wins.

Hello to all Bayern fans.I'm new here and i'm Bayern fan as i remember watching football.The last year was very hard for the team,but i hope for the upcoming season to be filled with wins.


Welcome!!!!!

GRÜßT FC BAYERN!!!!!

new Scorpions album rocks! :rockman: :p


Mark, I like Scorpions and their music ok but....what does it mean?????:boohoo::nape::)

What's up with Luca Toni?Is the deal already comfirmed?I would like to know,nothing on the fcb site.

Mark, I like Scorpions and their music ok but....what does it mean?????:boohoo::nape::)

nothing, just because they're Germans I decided to post it here. :mexican:

What's up with Luca Toni?Is the deal already comfirmed?I would like to know,nothing on the fcb site.

Yes, it seems like it's confirmed. Fiorentina are saying that they sold him to us.

I'm a little worried about Podolski, he is a key piece in our future and I don't like the idea of him getting squeezed out by us buying an All Star team. Don't get me wrong, I love buying all these guys, but I'm worried about Poldi. Since everyone else is doing it...

Kahn
Lahm (right footed on the right side!!!!)-Lucio-v.Buyten-Jansen
Sosa-Schweinsteiger-v.Bommel-Ribery
Klose-Toni

Poldi is the first man off the bench. Since we also have Schlaudraff, perhaps we should sell old Roy Makaay. I like him, but why keep him on the bench at the end of his career? If he is happy on our bench, fine I have no problem keeping him then, but otherwise let's sell him. He won't get too many minutes.

nothing, just because they're Germans I decided to post it here. :mexican:

ok lol:mexican::)

In Italy is official, Luca Toni will play with Bayern the next 4 years, I don't know the exactly amount payed for him, I've read 13 from a paper, 20 by another one, and his income will be circa 5 millions pro year.
I've read too that FCB seems interested in Tomas Ujfalusi, u remember him, he has played with HSV some years ago, great player ja!
Ciao:)

luca toni sux...
he wont get gettin that much playin time wit makaay and podolski and the other kid

Makaay fell off hard this season. Toni doesn't suck, but I always hated him, guess I'll have to learn to like him. Well.... I guess he's an attractive man if you're in to that sort of thing.

Well who cares. Ribery is a zombie looking dude but he is atractive on the field. (H)
I read about Ujfalusi too. I don't like him. I actually i used to hate him since his Hamburg days. He is way too overrated.

Talking about overrated players. Podolski better start getting his sh!t together or he will be shipped elsewhere. Now he has a lot of competition and baed on his first year i would argue his spot on the starting 11 is far from guaranteed.

I'm worried about Poldi. He should have to compete for a 1st team spot, but it's not fair to bring in two of the best goal scorers in the world and take away his 1st team spot without hope of him getting it back. This could really kill his confidence.

No for Ujfalusi. Not as a starter anyway, I wouldn't mind him if he was cheap and would accept a backup role.

Maybe it will help Poldi that the focus of attention will be elsewhere next season. As the third striker, either behind Toni and Makaay or Toni and Klose, he will get enough playing time to prove himself. If he still doesn't perform there's nothing you can do about it.

Ujfalusi could probably work as an interpreter for Toni, eh? I'd rather sign someone younger though.

luca toni sux...
he wont get gettin that much playin time wit makaay and podolski and the other kid
2004/2005 20 goals in 35 games
2005/2006 31 goals in 38 games
2006/2007 16 goals in 29 games

Last year he scored more than Pizarro did in the past three seasons combined. (H)

Surround him with decent wingers and he's unstoppable.

No for Ujfalusi. Not as a starter anyway, I wouldn't mind him if he was cheap and would accept a backup role.

why not? he's (self-proclaimed) better than both Nesta and Cannavaro (H)

why not? he's (self-proclaimed) better than both Nesta and Cannavaro (H)


LMAOOOOO sooo true i forgot about that

Surround him with decent wingers and he's unstoppable.[/QUOTE]

I think Makaay should stay with us.I don't really know why i think so,maybe couse for me he is the best foreign striker after Giovane Elber.Yeh,he's pretty old,but he may shy in the big and tough matches.He has the experience and the skills,so i think it will be good for Bayern if he stays.Besides everyone here says Klose stays in Werder.About Podolski he must play better this season and the whole team must play much better the next one,cuz then we will play in the champions league.

Ribery is confirmed?

what the hell you guys linked with Ze Roberto too?! No, he's coming to Milan with Emerson :mad:

Ribery is confirmed?

Nah.

what the hell you guys linked with Ze Roberto too?! No, he's coming to Milan with Emerson :mad:
More than just "linked". Should've never let him go in the first place. :(

Toni is getting cheaper by the day, 11 million now.

http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/12027.php?fcb_sid=0d1dc348a3c5ecf354590b511cc2d53d

11 millions Euro, 4 year.

:mexican::bob::bouncy::)

WILKOMMEN LUCA!!!!!

http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/12027.php?fcb_sid=0d1dc348a3c5ecf354590b511cc2d53d

11 millions Euro, 4 year.

:mexican::bob::bouncy::)

WILKOMMEN LUCA!!!!!


Good now we need Ribery and another middlefelder,maybe and one in defence.I hope we will win the bundesliga and the uefa cup and the next season the champions league:):):):)

...

€11m for World Cup winner

Bayern swoop for Italy star Luca Toni

http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/media/images/sonstiges_06_07/200/toni996_200.jpg

30.05.2007

Next season’s Bayern line-up is set to feature a reigning world champion with the arrival of Italy striker Luca Toni from Serie A outfit Fiorentina, the clubs have announced. Subject to a medical, the 30-year-old will put his name to a four-year contract with Germany’s most successful club side. The Bavarians will pay “exactly €11 million” for the player, chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed.

Toni turned down offers from an array of top Italian clubs before opting for a switch to the Bundesliga. “Obviously, there was a great deal of money involved, but our negotiations with Luca Toni and his management were always extremely fair and above board,” Rummenigge commented.

Golden Shoe for 31 goals

Bayern began their pursuit of the 1.94 metre / 6 ft 4 in and 94 kg / 207 pound goal-getter back in February, the chairman revealed. “Toni’s decision to go to Bayern Munich is a nice gesture towards the club and the city of Florence,” Fiorentina President Andrea Della Valle was quoted as saying. The striker is due in Munich for his medical and official presentation in the course of next week.

Toni switched to Florence in 2005 and has amassed a total of 49 goals in the last two seasons, including 31 in his first year in Tuscany to earn him the Golden Shoe as Europe’s leading goalscorer. He was a member of the Italy squad which triumphed at last summer’s World Cup in Germany, and currently has 12 goals to his name in 27 senior internationals, with 91 goals in 177 Serie A appearances.

Late developer

“Tonigol” rates as one of football’s late developers, not making his Italian top flight debut until the age of 23 after a few distinctly modest seasons in the second and third divisions. “I even considered dropping to the fourth or fifth level somewhere near my home town of Modena,” the player recently revealed.

He finally made the breakthrough in 2003-4 with 30 goals in 45 appearances as US Palermo marched to a place in Serie A, a barnstorming record which also earned him a first international cap. Toni is currently recuperating from minor surgery on his foot but is expected to be fully fit when the Bayern squad report back for pre-season training on 29 June.

Fifth new signing

Toni joins Jan Schlaudraff, Hamit Altintop, Ernesto Sosa and Marcell Jansen as Bayern’s fifth new signing for the 2007-8 campaign, although the board plans to bring in a total of seven or eight new faces in a radical squad overhaul. The remaining transfers should be completed “in the next one, two, or three weeks at the most,” according to general manager Uli Hoeneß.
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who wants to bet that he just ended his Azzurri career with the move?

wooo thats good news...even cheaper now lol. Well i still want Klose hopefully we can strike a deal with Bremen. Man only if we had Campions League, everything would be so much easier. :mad:

who wants to bet that he just ended his Azzurri career with the move?
That means Italy would have to rely on Gilardino, Iaquinta and a 34 year old Inzaghi? Awesome.

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who wants to bet that he just ended his Azzurri career with the move?

I hope so, I hate Italy national team....

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Don't understand why u've attached the photos of Lucarelli, Bianchi, Amoruso, Spinesi, Di Natale and Pazzini.....
Good strikers of course, but they don't play for Bayern.(H)

p.s.

guys, why do u want Miroslav Klose to replace Roy Makaay?????
OK, Klose is a top striker but I cannot make a confront with Roy, Roy is a worldclass player.

Roy:
Bundesligaspiele: 129
Bundesligatore: 78
(in 4 years!)

Klose:
Bundesligaspiele: 209
Bundesligatore: 97
(in 8 years!)


Now we need expecially 2 players: Ze Roberto and Ribery, anyone else is welcome of course, remember that Hamit Altintop could be the real good "crack" this season, he can play many roles, defensive midfield better than other, or RM or RB or CM.....
What do u think about Simon Rolfes?

To me Rolsfes is overrated. I think he got lucky in Leverkusen. When Berbatov left, Bayer didn't sign any decent striker so they were basically stacked with him. That is why he played so much and scored some goals.
He is nothing special in my book.

I'd rather give Kroos a chance rather than get him.

Some people forgot about Makaay's class 'cause of the terrible season we had. Yea Makaay didn't score much, but you can't expect a striker to bag in 2-3 goals a game with that awful and disgusting midfield we had. He can't shine when the 10 others blow as he's not the type of player to run through an entire defense and score.
Put some creative players behind him and he'll trash everyone. He's not past it yet, and he's not too old yet. The guy knows how to finish a ball almost like no other ; the whole team must be in line with him, though. (form and class wise)

I actually would hate it if Bayern get rid of Makaay. I hope he stays...because next season we will have a whole new team and i think Makaay would fit in perfectly. Makaay will be a Bayern player forever and we all love him, so i doubt he will be leaving. But, i still wouldn't mind Klose coming. He's an in and out striker. He drops to the midfield then runs back up. Very hard hard worker on the field, any team would accept him.

Don't understand why u've attached the photos of Lucarelli, Bianchi, Amoruso, Spinesi, Di Natale and Pazzini.....
Good strikers of course, but they don't play for Bayern.(H)

I was just pointing out that Italy have good strikers besides Toni,Gilardino,Inzaghi and Iaquinta

I agree with Awax, Makaay is a lethal weapon. Having said that though i also think he is way to similar to Toni as far as skills and finishing mode go. He still can help us but yet again we spent a lot of money in Toni so we should be technically sticking with him and have makaay ready. I said it before we will have a lot of competitions to take care of, Bundesliga, Uefa cup, Deutsche Pokal and the German supercup in august.

Having a surplus of good players is always the best recipe to succes. Milan won the CL only thanks to having players of the bench that were equally efficinet as those supoissed to be starters.

Toni/Podolski/Makaay/Pizarro (If he stays)/ Roque(Same question)/ Schlaudraff

our atack is pretty set. We have options even from the bench in case we might have games when a starter will have an off day.

I was just pointing out that Italy have good strikers besides Toni,Gilardino,Inzaghi and Iaquinta

ok:)

To me Rolsfes is overrated. I think he got lucky in Leverkusen. When Berbatov left, Bayer didn't sign any decent striker so they were basically stacked with him. That is why he played so much and scored some goals.
He is nothing special in my book.

I'd rather give Kroos a chance rather than get him.

Hehe,i'm bulgarian and i think Berbatov is too overrated,no question for me at all about Makaay.He has to stay,but i'll be missing the champions league the whole next season:nape:We have to win the bundesliga and the uefa cup and 2008/2009 season with the players we've got to do something big in the champions league.And about Klose-nah.

I TRUST ROY!!!!!!!

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Toni/Podolski/Makaay/Pizarro (If he stays)/ Roque(Same question)/ Schlaudraff

Pizarro didn't get a new contract, he's definitely gone. Roque has yet to find a club willing to pay €5M.


Makaay's future here depends on Klose. We're not Real Madrid, Toni/Klose/Makaay/Podolski would be way too much. All of them would moan when sitting on the bench. The question is, would Makaay actually accept the role as the third or fourth striker? He's never been a good sub and never liked to get subbed. He's still good enough to start at many decent teams across Europe like PSV. I seriously doubt he would accept that role to be honest.

From Bayern's perspective, well, Klose signed a letter of intent that he will join us in 2008 at the latest. He's trying to force his way out of Bremen and thanks to that secret meeting he had with Bayern he's the new Judas to Bremen's fans. For both sides it'd be the best to get him out of there.

Now what if we can get Klose for 10 million this summer and sell Makaay for 5 million? Klose would obviously be on much higher wages but isn't the difference worth it? We know about the excellent Klose-Podolski partnership and I think a more mobile striker would complement Toni much better.
Makaay needs a playmaker behind him and lots of space. The new style won't suit him.

Makaay forever:)I don't want to see Klose in Bayern kit.He's good there at Bremen,let him stay there.Makaay is a class above and he can stay at Bayern for two more years.

I'd defintely be happy if they sold Makaay as long as even one of Toni or Klose is sold. If we run into injury problems though, then the season could collapse if we only end up with two defenders and selling Makaay.

And wouldn't the fact that Klose is good at Bremen (one of our main rivals in terms of competition) want to make you sign him even more. Rhetorical question, don't answer that dread.

I don't think we need another center back. Van Buyten and Lucio are top class. They didn't play their best last season but last season was a chaos. With Ismael and Demichelis covering them two, I feel very confident.

Magath is with Wolfsburg. Good luck to him. I'm sure he'll do a good job.

Roy Makaay can play different roles, at 32 he could be a great offensive playmaker, he has all the qualities to do that in every part of the field, we can't renounce to him, he can play with Toni+Podolski behind him, or attacking midfielder, Klose has not his class, he's good but Roy is a worldclass player, that's all.
4 example:
KAHN
LAHM-LUCIO-V.BUYTEN-JANSEN
SOSA-VAN BOMMEL-SCHWEINI
MAKAAY
TONI-POLDI

I'd doubt it, more of a bench striker. So is the final figure on Hargreaves gonna be 18 million pounds and are what other income are we bringing in from selling player?

I'd doubt it, more of a bench striker. So is the final figure on Hargreaves gonna be 18 million pounds and are what other income are we bringing in from selling player?
Santa Cruz should bring in a few million.
Makaay's probably gone because it looks like Klose will announce his transfer next week. 5M+
If we get another CB like Boulahrouz van Buyten will most likely be sold to some English team. 8M?

Marseille have allegedly rejected a €22M + Santa Cruz offer for Ribery because they can't pay Roque's wages. meh

Oh, and congrats to Pizarro for signing with Chelsea. Going from a 3rd choice striker to a 4th choice. Amazing.

Pizarro to Chelsea... it doesn't sound right. I guess he just wanted to live in London and enjoy some good bucks.

He could be a good replacement off the bench if Sheva (if he stays) and Drogba are injured. I believe that he's a bit better than Kalou.. if he can keep his head up when dribbling.

Oh, and congrats to Pizarro for signing with Chelsea. Going from a 3rd choice striker to a 4th choice. Amazing.

Very interesting! Good for him. He definitely has the skill to step in and play lone striker if Chelsea are suffering injuries, but has he kept that skill and form up the past year? Sad to see him go, he was a very important player for us for a few years. A good player and guy who helped keep us at the top in the Ballack era.

Blues set for Bayern business?

The Dutch international, who only moved to Stamford Bridge last summer in a €10million transfer from Bundesliga outfit Hamburg, has failed to settle in the Premiership and appears to have fallen out with Jose Mourinho after starring in only a handful of games in his debut season.

Bhoularouz is understood to be keen to return to Germany and seems set on a move to Bayern Munich.

The Bavarian giants have endured a disastrous campaign and are currently busy to rebuild their squad.

However, one player who looks unlikely to stay is Pizarro.

The experienced Peruvian striker is out-of-contract at the Allianz Arena and is understood to have held talks with Chelsea, Juventus and also with former boss Felix Magath at Wolfsburg.

And reports now claim that Pizarro is ready to pen a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge.

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I don't want Van Buyten gone....why do we need to get rid of him? Both him and Lucio were good in the champs league AND this was his first season with us....give the guy some time. I really want him to stay. He's easily one of my favorite players at Bayern atm.

Yeah, it sucks that van Buyten is being made the scapegoat for our ****ty defense.

Boulah would be a quality addition though. He was a rock in the Bundeslgia. He' also quite pacy, good on the ground and has that "scaring the **** outta the opponent's striker" mentality. He'd be a great fit to our other tall CBs.

Ribery is being offered €7,5M a season. Okay, now I get why he's willing to sacrifice CL football. But with Toni our payroll has gone through the roof anyway.

The Italian press were reporting that Toni will earn more than 8 Mil Euros a season plus awards and goals scored. That is more than Ronaldhino, Totti and Beckham (Pay only) gain. I would love to have superstars but not for that price ffs. Now Ribery will get 7.5 mill? Well he kind of deserves them so i am not to upset about it but i do have an issue with Toni getting 4 years worth almost 31 mill as reported. With that money we could've eisily gotten Robben. Talking about Robben nice we and Chelsea are doing bussiness between us. Boulahrouz is a nice defender i think he will be a nice fit. And i awnt Lucio gone not Daniel. That headless chicken gets treated better only because he choosed us over Madrid 3 years ago not fair to Van Buyten.

I don't want to see either Lucio or Van Buyten gone.

Roy Makaay can play different roles, at 32 he could be a great offensive playmaker

Absolutely NOT. That is just asking from him too much. he is pure finisher and cannot built sh!t. That should never cross our minds. Roy will have a lot of chancess i am sure about that since the season is mad long and there are a lot of fronts we would have to fight for.

Asking him to be a playmaker would be the same thing as the experiment Roma did with Montella a while back. Result? Montella is off to England.

I'm not worried too much about the wages really. We're basically saving money on these uncommonly low transfer fees. Boulah would be a great addition, but I don't want v.Buyten to leave either. Keep all three and rotate, or (and I know I'll regret saying this), but sell Lucio for a huge fee to Real Madrid. That's where he wants to play anyway.

The Italian press were reporting that Toni will earn more than 8 Mil Euros a season plus awards and goals scored.
It's actually a bit more, should be something between 9 and 10 million. That's in the region of what Ballack and Sheva make at Chelsea.

These are the wages after taxes:

Toni 5,5M
Kahn and Sagnol 4,5M
(Ribery) ~4M

Bayern's payroll is similar to that of Liverpool's or Juve's for example.

Still looks alright in my opinion. It's obvious that only money can attract a star player from one of the top 3 leagues. Don't forget we got rid of Ballack's, Deisler's, Ze's, Pizarro's, Scholl's and Brazzo's wages and next year Kahn is up as well.

What about Ribery?Bulgarian sites say that he will join Real Madrid the next week.So i would like to know if this is crappy news....

I wouldn't want to sell Lucio either, i mean he did have a bad season (except the champs league) but he is a world class player. He even said that he loves Bayern and i do believe him. I hope he stays and hopefully next season he gets his act together.

And about the Bulgarian news, i wouldn't take them seriously.

I wouldn't want to sell Lucio either, i mean he did have a bad season (except the champs league) but he is a world class player. He even said that he loves Bayern and i do believe him. I hope he stays and hopefully next season he gets his act together.

And about the Bulgarian news, i wouldn't take them seriously.

I can talk about bulgarian news becouse i'm bulgarian and i follow our sport sites.Some of the news(most of them)are totall crap,but they were right about Jancen and Toni and yesterday about Pizzaro going to Chelsea.They even say that Ribery transfer to Real is pretty much comfirmed.I hope that's just another rumor.

I'll be the first to say it, Boulahrouz sucks. I watched him play in just about every game he played for Chelsea and he was a disaster. He couldn't do anything right. I don't give a **** if he couldn't fit in, you still don't make the mistakes he made. I know he's done well before he went to England, but why do I wanna take a risk of exchanging him for one of our current top-class center backs? If he wants to come and we get to keep Lucio and Van Buyten, then I'm OK with it but I don't want him replacing either one of those. By the way, Ismael is a pretty decent player the last time I checked. How many damn backups do we want? Your defense is the one part of your team that you don't change around. You don't rotate your center backs... that's one of your most concrete parts of your team.

We have Lucio and Van Buyten. To sell one of those for Boulahrouz would be the worst move ever. Leave our back 4 alone ffs. There is nothing wrong with it. A bad season, and everyone wants to sell some of our best players. Things will be better next season with the defense. Hell, Hitzfeld even said the tactics and organization of our defense was a nightmare. I think we can thank Magath for most of that.

A Lucio-van Buyten partnership will never work 'cause they're too much of the same player and both want to be the leader. We had two different coaches last season who tried to fix the defense, nothing worked. We need a hardworking CB in there, a pure destroyer. It's no coincidence the defense looks more solid with Demichelis alongside Lucio/Van Buyten.
Please, I don't want to see this crap again next season.

Ismael is 32, after being out for a whole year no one knows how long he needs to get back to his old form.

I know Boulahrouz sucked at Chelsea but aren't we all jealous of Bremen's transfer policy? To pick up talented players who are in a slump for cheap? Boulah was regarded one of the best, maybe even the top defender of the past season when he played alongside van Buyten. I saw that guy live a few times in Munich, he was always absolutely brilliant. If we can sign this Bundesliga proven player for peanuts we shouldn't even hesitate.

Boulla was a beast at Hamburg a great signing for your team and as mentioned above he can form a good partnership with vanbuyten, Toni another good signing but i don't think Bayerns problem is up front, loosing Ballack and now Hassan and Hargreaves i think Bayern needs to restrengthen its midfield.

Boulla's not a bad player obviously, he just wasn't good enough for the Premiership. Hopefully he'll be a force in the Bundesliga. You're definetely right about the lack of creativity in midfield, we have some depth for next season though so injuries will not decrease that notable gap of quality

i don't think it was a case of him not being good enough he just didn't find his feet or wasn't given enough time on the pitch to prove himself, but thats history now.

Real is pulling a Van Nisterloy on us yet again. Ribery is almost certain to have signed with them.

Pathetic. :(

Marseille winger Franck Ribery will turn down a move to Bayern Munich in the hope that an offer will arrive for him from Spain, according to his agent.

The 24-year-old France international is expected to leave Marseille at the end of the season, and has been linked with moves to Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Arsenal, though the Bundesliga outfit now look set to miss out on their man.

"Ribery doesn't want to play in Bayern," his agent Jean-Pierre Bernes told Marca.

"He likes Spain, but no offer from any Spanish side has arrived. It's true that people from Real Madrid have come to watch him play, but they have never made us an offer."

The quotes seem to contradict a report in French daily L'Equipe, indicating that Ribery will arrive for a medical in Munich in the coming days. The Parisian-based sports daily insists Bayern have already made Marseille an offer of 25 million euros for the player.

Journalism at its best.

Sagnol says there's a good chance Ribery will play for us next season.

Journalism at its best.

Sagnol says there's a good chance Ribery will play for us next season.

That's the thing i was talking about.I hope it's just the damn journalism,but i hope Bayern will not please Ribery.If that is what he wants-go to Real.He's not bigger than the club.

Could he play on the right wing effectively?

I've seen Ribery in the match with Ukraine, he play at right but not as a wing, but he's a really really good player, what a goal and what a match by him, hope he'll be coming to München but it's very hard.
Boulahrouz? 2 years ago he performed an excellent couple of central defenders with van Buyten with HSV, so don't know what to think, Lucio away is.....KEIN THEMA for now.....:boohoo:

"Bild" says Ribery is a done deal. He will have his medical on Thursday. €25M.

Klose, Boulahrouz and Ze Roberto are next on the list. Bremen are now willing to sell Klose to Bayern. They want €12M.

"Bild" says Ribery is a done deal. He will have his medical on Thursday. €25M.

Klose, Boulahrouz and Ze Roberto are next on the list. Bremen are now willing to sell Klose to Bayern. They want €12M.

:bouncy:They're trying to make a superteam,but i hope the players will just fit in.

Klose, Boulahrouz and Ze Roberto are next on the list. Bremen are now willing to sell Klose to Bayern. They want €12M.

€12M is a bit too much considering that his contract ends next summer. Unless Bremen absolutely want to get rid of him this summer, we shouldn't pay that much for him. We're not short of good strikers either. What do you think ?

Oh, and this girl's having a nasty go at Klose in her article http://www.sportbild.de/sportbild/meinung/home.html :funny:

Going for Klose now would be stupid. like our chances up front. Toni and poldi should be quite OK.

Ribery must be the best signing of the season (H)(H)

Happy about Ribery, but Klose is not just for our success, but for Poldi's success too. They are like a perfect pair.

Happy about Ribery, but Klose is not just for our success, but for Poldi's success too. They are like a perfect pair.

Well what about Toni? Pay him 9 mill a season to rott on the bench? Buying Klose would force us to play 3 strikers or else Poldi will be the one to hit the bench.

Poldi on the bench until Toni is too old.

"Bild" says Ribery is a done deal. He will have his medical on Thursday. €25M.

Klose, Boulahrouz and Ze Roberto are next on the list. Bremen are now willing to sell Klose to Bayern. They want €12M.

Nobody else?????:mexican:
I joke but why 12 M for Klose and what's the utility in getting this player? He scores only the years before the world championship, seasons 2001-2002 and 2005-2006......

Ze Roberto will sign for two years. :jap:

but if bayern buy boulahrouz this means that will sell van buyten. i don't know if is better. and if is better why don't we sign last year?

i hope we can get ribéry. do you think is true?
i would like klose this year.

Ze Roberto will sign for two years. :jap:

good news:)

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but if bayern buy boulahrouz this means that will sell van buyten. i don't know if is better. and if is better why don't we sign last year?

i hope we can get ribéry. do you think is true?
i would like klose this year.

I hope it's a joke, Boulahrouz for van Buyten is crazy, I'd prefere him for Lucio.......:boohoo:

So, Ribery could be ok.

DIE BAYERN KOMMEN!!!!!

Who finds it funny that we just bought Klose and Toni and still have money left over from the Hargreaves sale?

Marseille's official press statement: http://www.om.net/fr/Saison/101002/Infos/31478/OFFICIEL_RENCONTRE_OM_BAYERN_MUNICH_A_PROPOS_DE_FR ANCK_RIBERY

The two clubs are confident that an agreement will be reached in the next two days and then Ribery will be allowed to travel to Munich for a medical on Thursday.

Hey guys! Since I don't find any FC Köln thread I ask you.

Can someone tell me how Marius Johnsen doing in FC Köln? :)
I hope I don't bother you with this question.

Hey guys! Since I don't find any FC Köln thread I ask you.

Can someone tell me how Marius Johnsen doing in FC Köln? :)
I hope I don't bother you with this question.

Here (http://www.kicker.de/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/spielersteckbrief/object/42986/saison/2006-07) u can find a table about Marius Johnsen of FC Köln, but he played only 12 matches this season. Ciao, hope 1.FCK comeback soon in die erste Bundesliga!:)

Who covers the defence without Hargreaves?
Andreas Ottl? Hamit Altintop? Micho? Or......Zé?
Something similar:

----------------------KAHN--------------------

LAHM(SAGNOL)-LUCIO-VAN BUYTEN-JANSEN(LAHM)

-----------------------ZE----------------------

---RIBERY-------VAN BOMMEL---SCHWEINI------


---------TONI(MAKAAY)-----POLDI--------------

Well from everything I've read online and newspaper, it looks like Ribery is ours.

Ze Roberto is set to follow in and join us for 2 years.

Klose is set to be sold, but Bremen would rather ship him out of the Bundesliga, but we're the only team with a solid offer, Juve and Barca are interested though.

We still want Ujfaulsi and Bouhlarouz, we dont need both though. I kinda like Ujfalusi. He's big and powerful like Van buyten, but i still want a Lucio-Van Buyten combo...i love them too much.

Makaay will be given permission to leave the club when we sign Klose which should happen in the next few days. :(

Who covers the defence without Hargreaves?
Andreas Ottl? Hamit Altintop? Micho? Or......Zé?

Central midfield is my biggest concern for the following season. We'll have van Bommel, Ze, Schweini, Demichelis, Altintop and Ottl battling it out for two spots.

It's really tough to fit van Bommel into a four man midfield. There's no way he can play in front of the back four alone, that would be a mess and we'd be down to ten men after half an hour most of the time.

Out of those guys Ze is the only one capable of distributing the ball well, he can also tackle.

--vBommel - Ze
Sosa ---------- Ribery

would be my preference. That's three guys who can interchange positions according to the flow of the game. I don't know if that's defensively solid enough against the top teams, especially away from home. For these games Demichelis might be the best choice as a pure destroyer.

I reckon Hamit will be our new utility man.

Makaay will be given permission to leave the club when we sign Klose which should happen in the next few days. :(


Central midfield is my biggest concern for the following season. We'll have van Bommel, Ze, Schweini, Demichelis, Altintop and Ottl battling it out for two spots.

It's really tough to fit van Bommel into a four man midfield. There's no way he can play in front of the back four alone, that would be a mess and we'd be down to ten men after half an hour most of the time.

Out of those guys Ze is the only one capable of distributing the ball well, he can also tackle.

--vBommel - Ze
Sosa ---------- Ribery

would be my preference. That's three guys who can interchange positions according to the flow of the game. I don't know if that's defensively solid enough against the top teams, especially away from home. For these games Demichelis might be the best choice as a pure destroyer.

I reckon Hamit will be our new utility man.

Ja, I agree on Hamit, really good player and "jolly". But...starting 11 without Schweini?:boohoo:

Ribery to sign the contract on Thursday!

The clubs are believed to have agreed a €25million (£17million) deal for the France international, which would make Ribery the most expensive player in Bayern’s history.

“We just have a few details to settle, but the deal should be made on Wednesday,” Marseille chairman Pape Diouf told L’Equipe.

“Ribery will leave for Munich on Thursday to have his medical and sign the contract. Bayern have always acted in a perfectly fair way since they declared their interest.

“When the player agreed to go to Bayern and our financial conditions were accepted, it was out of the question to imagine him going to any other club.”

Ribery is expected to agree a four-year deal.
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This is going to be an awesome B-Day present for me :bouncy::bob::mexican::amika::jacko::lui::rockman:

Big press conference tomorrow *fap fap*

Some French sources are claiming Ribery costs 30 million (16M this year, 14M next year) but fock it. At least we got him.

VERY NICE..I LIKE

Where do you think The Phantom will end up? back in la liga?

Reports are saying that if we get Klose, Makaay might get shipped to PSV Eindhoven. Hoeness wants to keep him, but it all depends if we get Klose or not which is looking likely to happen.

Btw, did you guys hear abut Bochum wanting to loan Poldi for a year :confused:

Yeah, if we get Klose, Makaay will be given permission to leave the club.

'Klose to join us by 2008 at the latest’ (http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/news/news/2007/12074.php?fcb_sid=3c46428ce9b3f8b18725546d60334f11 )

Makaay will be given permission to leave the club when we sign Klose which should happen in the next few days. :(


Central midfield is my biggest concern for the following season. We'll have van Bommel, Ze, Schweini, Demichelis, Altintop and Ottl battling it out for two spots.

It's really tough to fit van Bommel into a four man midfield. There's no way he can play in front of the back four alone, that would be a mess and we'd be down to ten men after half an hour most of the time.

Out of those guys Ze is the only one capable of distributing the ball well, he can also tackle.

--vBommel - Ze
Sosa ---------- Ribery

would be my preference. That's three guys who can interchange positions according to the flow of the game. I don't know if that's defensively solid enough against the top teams, especially away from home. For these games Demichelis might be the best choice as a pure destroyer.

I reckon Hamit will be our new utility man.

Except for Lucio and Kahn, there is not a more established player on the team than Schweinsteiger. He will not sit.

Poldi @ Bochum?
That would be one stupid idea honestly.
I'd rather loan him to a team that will play the CL. i bet Shtutgart would be thrilled to have his services even though only for a year.

Poldi @ Bochum?
That would be one stupid idea honestly.
I'd rather loan him to a team that will play the CL. i bet Shtutgart would be thrilled to have his services even though only for a year.

Bochum already denied this. All made up by Sport-Bild.

boulahroz is on the way to bayren from chelsae (play in the defence (Center Right) and in the defence MID)

Except for Lucio and Kahn, there is not a more established player on the team than Schweinsteiger. He will not sit.
What? The fact that he's been around forever means he gets an automatic starting spot? He just doesn't deserve it after this horrible season. If he performs better next year he will get enough playing time. Sosa will probably need some time to adapt.

Poldi @ Bochum?
That would be one stupid idea honestly.
I'd rather loan him to a team that will play the CL. i bet Shtutgart would be thrilled to have his services even though only for a year.
No half decent team would take him for one season only. Stuttgart? They have Gomez and Cacau and want to bring in another quality striker.
He won't be loaned out, at least not this year. He should get plenty of playing time behind Toni and Makaay/Klose.

Klose after today's nt game: "Fact is, I decided to go to Bayern in 2008. Of course I'd be happy if the clubs reach an agreement and it already happens this year."

Klose after today's nt game: "Fact is, I decided to go to Bayern in 2008. Of course I'd be happy if the clubs reach an agreement and it already happens this year."

No, please no!

Guys, yesterday night I've seen an interview with Luca Toni on italian TV, he was arrived at the airport of München, was very happy to be here and today he will join a press conference and maybe meet some new CAMARADES of FCB, they've said that Ribery will be with Toni in the same press conference, we'll see.....

What? The fact that he's been around forever means he gets an automatic starting spot? He just doesn't deserve it after this horrible season. If he performs better next year he will get enough playing time. Sosa will probably need some time to adapt.

Whether he deserves it or not, he has the coach and the fans on his side. Basti is an established star for Bayern and the National Team, he will not sit. Especially for Ze Roberto. Plus, we all know he can play in central midfield, so why not move him there?

would be great see today toni and ribéry together. diouf said ribéry would pass the medical revision on thursday so this afternoon could be oficial.

is there any option that boula comes and we keep van buyten?

No news about Ribery 4 now.
Boulahrouz+van Buyten? Could be ok ja:)

Makaay will come to Feyenoord guys :D

http://www.sportbild.de/sportbild/photos/07/06/b87054378e24e754d981869733be0d9b.jpg

Haha. What's next, Toni coming in a France shirt? :(

How could Ribery do that? He lost the final against those Italians...

No, please no!

Concurred.

I don't really get it, we don't need Klose at all. He is way too similar to Toni and to add to the issue he is not the same player he used to be. he is quite obviosly going through a non positive period as his goal count is not the same.

Well we cant just lose our hope in Klose because of a period of no goals...look at Sheva. Did you guys see Kuranyi against Slovakia...he's really improved his game lately.

If one deserves the No.7 it's Ribery. (Y)


http://www.ftd.de/asset/Image/2007/06/07/frueh/toni_ribery.jpg

Wow 25M€! Ciao Francky et Merci! :)

Concurred.

I don't really get it, we don't need Klose at all. He is way too similar to Toni and to add to the issue he is not the same player he used to be. he is quite obviosly going through a non positive period as his goal count is not the same.

And at the expense of one of the craziest finishers :nape:

Superb deal for Ribery. I was afraid that the deal would be more complicated, but thankfully it wasn't. Nice to see him wearing that shirt (Y)

Toni+Ribery in one day!!!!! What for a deal!:)
Now I'd wish Zé and not Klose, I prefere 1000 times Roy.....
GRÜßT FC BAYERN

And at the expense of one of the craziest finishers :nape:

Superb deal for Ribery. I was afraid that the deal would be more complicated, but thankfully it wasn't. Nice to see him wearing that shirt (Y)


.........the shirt of a guy, he was a regular player.....don't remember......only 15 years in München.........only 8 SCHALEN, only 5 DFB POKAL, only 5 LIGAPOKALS, only one CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, only one WORLD CUP, only one UEFA CUP.....help me don't remeber as well.........:$

MEHMET SCHOLLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mexican::)

Concurred.

I don't really get it, we don't need Klose at all. He is way too similar to Toni and to add to the issue he is not the same player he used to be. he is quite obviosly going through a non positive period as his goal count is not the same.


I agree

.........the shirt of a guy, he was a regular player.....don't remember......only 15 years in München.........only 8 SCHALEN, only 5 DFB POKAL, only 5 LIGAPOKALS, only one CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, only one WORLD CUP, only one UEFA CUP.....help me don't remeber as well.........:$

MEHMET SCHOLLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mexican::)

Hehe, you got it right buddy (Y)

Damn, Bayern is the most active club in transfer window. I thought, that Chelsea together with Real Madrid and Barcelona will be buying the most.

Good luck with return on the top of Bundesliga and race for UEFA Cup (Y)

Toni+Ribery in one day!!!!! What for a deal!:)
I prefere 1000 times Roy.....
GRÜßT FC BAYERN
I totally agree,Klose to come the next summer-free.

UEFA Cup Title here we come(H)

07.06.2007 Uli Hoeneß made one small but significant mis-statement when he addressed Thursday’s news conference in Munich, announcing Franck Ribéry as Bayern’s seventh signing for the coming season. There was a flurry of fingers among the huge throng of media representatives gathered at the Sheraton Hotel, as they counted off Sosa, Schlaudraff, Altintop, Jansen, Toni and Ribéry, a total of just six new names. A follow-up question revealed that general manager Hoeneß had included Zé Roberto in his calculation, although the Brazilian’s return to Bavaria is not quite 100 percent guaranteed just yet.

“We’ve agreed with Zé Roberto in principle on a two-year contract, but we still have to iron out a few small problems,” Hoeneß explained. The main area for clarification is whether the 34-year-old winger will continue to turn out for the Brazilian national team. “Our opinion is that it’s not good for a player who’s already a little older to be flying across the Atlantic five or six times a year,” the board director commented.

Copa Libertadores exit

“We’re under a huge amount of pressure next season, so we need full commitment to the club, especially from players of his calibre,” the general manager continued, expressing confidence that Zé “will decide to focus completely on Bayern Munich, and be prepared to give up his career in the Brazilian team.”

Zé Roberto, on the books in Munich from 2002 to 2006, is currently with Santos in Brazil, but Pele’s former club were knocked out at the semi-final stage of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday. Santos fell 2-0 to Gremio Porto Alegre in the away leg, and although Zé Roberto contributed a goal to a 3-1 win in the return, Santos missed out on the final on the away goals rule.

Boulahrouz a red herring

Santos’s misfortune could be Bayern’s gain, as Hoeneß said Zé was now due in Munich “next week or the week after” for talks. Meanwhile, the general manager put an end to rumours linking Chelsea’s former Hamburg defender Khalid Boulahrouz with a switch to Bavaria. “We never got involved and we never made an offer,” Hoeneß stated.

Hehe, you got it right buddy (Y)

MEHMET FOREVER!!!!!:)

Damn, Bayern is the most active club in transfer window. I thought, that Chelsea together with Real Madrid and Barcelona will be buying the most.

Good luck with return on the top of Bundesliga and race for UEFA Cup (Y)

Hey Anthony, welcome here! And thank u, u catched my AS Roma logo eh:)
Think if Roma could have the money of FC Bayern what a great team could we have, but we're poor....:boohoo:
FORZA ROMA, FORZA BAYERN!!!!!

I totally agree,Klose to come the next summer-free.

JA, why spending money this year for a player who's not a worldclass and could be free next year?

UEFA Cup Title here we come(H)

I would like a try in the champions league:$,but even the uefa cup can be very hard,cuz not the teams with the best players wins this cup.Werder were very strong when they were eliminated from the champions league and i though they gonna win the uefa cup easy,but they were eliminated by Espanyol:nape:.Bayern must win both the bundesliga and the uefa cup.

UEFA Cup Title here we come(H)

na na na Klobb, Bundesliga, DIE BAYERN KOMMEN!!!!!!!:)

JA, why spending money this year for a player who's not a worldclass and could be free next year?

I think Makaay really should stay,he's better than Klose.The german club football is in poor form in the moment,so they need more foreign players and i don't see why everyone is talking that we're going to win the uefa cup with that team.Bayern could do this with the previous team that fell in the 1/4 final in the champions league,cuz they played stupid in the second leg.

I think Makaay really should stay,he's better than Klose.The german club football is in poor form in the moment,so they need more foreign players and i don't see why everyone is talking that we're going to win the uefa cup with that team.Bayern could do this with the previous team that fell in the 1/4 final in the champions league,cuz they played stupid in the second leg.

Next year if Roy stays he will score 30 goals in the Bundesliga:)

UEFA Cup Title here we come(H)

We are going to be the favourites now, everyone will look forward beating us. :D


In the UEFA cup that is :D

Ze Roberto just signed also

Nope, not yet. Only under the condition that he immediately retires from the nt.

“We’ve agreed with Zé Roberto in principle on a two-year contract, but we still have to iron out a few small problems,” Hoeneß explained. The main area for clarification is whether the 34-year-old winger will continue to turn out for the Brazilian national team. “Our opinion is that it’s not good for a player who’s already a little older to be flying across the Atlantic five or six times a year,” the board director commented.


“We’re under a huge amount of pressure next season, so we need full commitment to the club, especially from players of his calibre,” the general manager continued, expressing confidence that Zé “will decide to focus completely on Bayern Munich, and be prepared to give up his career in the Brazilian team.”

wow,
today has been in part the end of a long way. we have signed the two stars.
the last two days i had fever, vbut i'm very happy.

now we only need the new hargreaves (zé roberto). if it comes new players some players will leave. seems boulahrouz won't come. i prefer van buyten, i don't want he leaves.

but i still think that we could sign zé, klose and not CB but yes a left midfielder. i think the subs of defence (ismaël, demichelis, jansen) and forward (makaay and schlaudraff), have more level that in the midfield (ottl, altintop, sosa). so i would like a left midfielder before klose this year and a CB.

and görlitz or lell should go out. i think they are the only two players who aren't good enough. if you see the other players, have been starters and very important for the team during this season or the last and now are in the bench (demichelis, ismaël, ottl...), and the others are new signings.

“We’re under a huge amount of pressure next season, so we need full commitment to the club, especially from players of his calibre,” the general manager continued, expressing confidence that Zé “will decide to focus completely on Bayern Munich, and be prepared to give up his career in the Brazilian team.”[/i]



That is plain sellfish. If he is called to play in the selecao he should go. Honoring your countrys jersey it is not optiona, every player should consider it a duty.:jambo:

That is plain sellfish. If he is called to play in the selecao he should go. Honoring your countrys jersey it is not optiona, every player should consider it a duty.:jambo: Erm, I disagree in Ze Roberto's case. He's 34, and its not ideal to be travelling from Europe to South America, then being expected to challenge for a position at your club team, which is very hard considering your 34 anyway. Essentially playing a few national team games a year could harm his whole club year, and leave him sat on the bench, which will most likely happen at Brasil anyway. It's not exactly placing Bayern higher than Brasil, but Bayern will play around 50 games next year, and is it worth harming your chance's to get into the first team to play around 9 games (or possibly sit on the bench) for Brasil ?

I agree with Ze Roberto on this one, hes 34.

Werder Bremen Demand Podolski For Klose


Werder Bremen have ruffled a few feathers in Bavaria by asking for Lukas Podolski in exchange for Miroslav Klose.

With all the pieces falling into place in the great rebuilding project at Bayern, one piece still seems to be eluding them - Klose.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Uli Hoeneß, and Ottmar Hitzfeld have all stated their desire to have Klose at Bayern this season itself, rather than have to wait until his contract at Werder expires in 2008.

Klose himself has “told them plainly that he wants to join Bayern,” reported Hoeneß.

After Klose made his feelings clear, Bayern made their move, and Hoeneß has confirmed that there is an offer for Werder to consider: “Bremen received a firm offer from us 10 days ago. That is fair enough.”

Bayern are reported to have offered €10 million. However Bremen consider this offer too low, and have up brought the possibility of a player exchange with Lukas Podolski in the reckoning.

Bayern have immediately refused the demand. “Podolski will never be given away,” quipped Hoeneß who also described talk of a loan move to Bochum for Podolski as an ‘April Fools trick’.

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Who the hell do they think they are...whatever happens Klose is a Bayern player and if they don't accept the 10 million then hes free next season...boohoo bremen :boohoo:

Poldi Shall Never Leave

The Highlights of the press conference in English:

http://rapidshare.com/files/35959863/PK.wmv.html

Congrats on signing Ribery he is a very talented winger i have wanted to see him at a bigger club for a long time so he can play to his full potential.

Erm, I disagree in Ze Roberto's case. He's 34, and its not ideal to be travelling from Europe to South America, then being expected to challenge for a position at your club team, which is very hard considering your 34 anyway. Essentially playing a few national team games a year could harm his whole club year, and leave him sat on the bench, which will most likely happen at Brasil anyway. It's not exactly placing Bayern higher than Brasil, but Bayern will play around 50 games next year, and is it worth harming your chance's to get into the first team to play around 9 games (or possibly sit on the bench) for Brasil ?

I agree with Ze Roberto on this one, hes 34.

Ze Roberto is 32, not 34, he will be 33 in july.....

That Ribery deal could cost us € 30 million if we qualify for CL next year which we probably will? Ridiculous but it's nice to have a new Frenchman to be excited about. And Bremen are stupid to think that we would buy Klose for Poldi. The whole point of bringing Klose in is to help Podolski. Probably just a way of telling us to raise the price or move on.

I won't be too dissapointed if Klose doesn't sign. We should be okay for next year. If Klose has a good season with Bremen, we can pick him up for free or we will see if he really has lost the touch if he has a bad season.

if all goes well.... Toni, Klose, Poldi, Schlaudraff.......DAAAAAAAAAMN

Ze Roberto is 32, not 34, he will be 33 in july..... Right, I was basing my assumption he was 34 on "Hendrik's" post in the previous page.

Nope, not yet. Only under the condition that he immediately retires from the nt.

[i]“We’ve agreed with Zé Roberto in principle on a two-year contract, but we still have to iron out a few small problems,” Hoeneß explained. The main area for clarification is whether the 34-year-old winger will continue to turn out for the Brazilian national team. “Our opinion is that it’s not good for a player who’s already a little older to be flying across the Atlantic five or six times a year,” the board director commented.


But still, hes 33 in 2 months. The same still applies, hes old now.

Right but there are some type of players that have their best seasons in their mid thirties. I guess the same applies for Ze, since he hit 30 he had a couple of nice seasons in Munich and was named Brazilian player of the year. I think he will be fine for 2 years even if he plays his NT. I actually think he would be playing in the level he has for at least 4 years.

Guys, I don't understand what u find in Miroslav Klose compaired to a worldclass player like Roy Makaay......:boohoo:

Guys, I don't understand what u find in Miroslav Klose compaired to a worldclass player like Roy Makaay......:boohoo:

Personally, nothing. We should only get Klose when Makaay retires or if he gets completely out of form.

That's quite a dumb move by our board. It's nothing new, though.

Edit : I read that Zé Roberto has signed and has accepted to retire from international football. Can anyone confirm ? (Nevermind, Hendrik confirmed it in the transfer thread)

Personally, nothing. We should only get Klose when Makaay retires or if he gets completely out of form.

That's quite a dumb move by our board. It's nothing new, though.

ok:)

Edit : I read that Zé Roberto has signed and has accepted to retire from international football. Can anyone confirm ? (Nevermind, Hendrik confirmed it in the transfer thread)

I hope......Hendrik where are u?:boohoo:

Personally, nothing. We should only get Klose when Makaay retires or if he gets completely out of form.

That's quite a dumb move by our board. It's nothing new, though.

Edit : I read that Zé Roberto has signed and has accepted to retire from international football. Can anyone confirm ? (Nevermind, Hendrik confirmed it in the transfer thread)Yeh i'm kinda hoping we don't get Klose for another year..

Let's stop kidding ourselves. Sympathy aside, Klose is a better all-around striker than Makaay who's been on the downhill in the last two years. When Makaay doesn't score he's ueless to the team. Klose on the other hand still creates space for his teammates so that the whole team benefits from his style (29 assists in the past two seasons compared to Makaay's 11).

Getting him now is not that expensive either. We'll get 5M+ for Makaay and another 5M for Roque so that covers the transfer fee. The combined wages of the two are also in the region of Klose's. Don't forget that we wouldn't get Klose "on a free" next year either, the signing fee is rumored to be around 8 million.

Brazil career ended

Zé Roberto clears way for swift return

09.06.2007

“I’m keeping my mobile switched on while I’m on holiday,” Uli Hoeneß confirmed at the press conference unveiling Luca Toni and Franck Ribery on Thursday, as the Bayern general manager revealed he was expecting a message from Brazil. The call duly arrived at some point on Friday evening, as news filtered through of Zé Roberto’s announcement he is to retire from international football.

“I believe my time as a Brazil player has come to an end. It’s time to give younger players a chance,” the 32-year-old told reporters. The gifted winger thus quits the Selecao with 86 caps, after winning the Copa America (1997, 1999) and the Confederations Cup (1997, 2005) on two occasions apiece

Twelve month absence

The announcement means Zé Roberto has removed the last major barrier between himself and a return to Bayern, where he has made110 Bundesliga appearances to date. “We’ve agreed with Zé Roberto in principle on a two-year contract, but we still have to iron out a few small problems,” Hoeneß explained on Thursday. “Our opinion is that it’s not good for a player who’s already a little older to be flying across the Atlantic five or six times a year,” the board director commented.

Zé wore a red shirt from 2002 to 2006, but was unable to agree the conditions for a contract extension last summer. He is now poised to become the club’s seventh summer signing. The terms for a new deal have already been negotiated, with the document in question merely requiring the player’s signature at club headquarters.

Much-travelled Hoeneß

The final remaining issue is whether Miroslav Klose will arrive this summer, or on 1 July 2008 as already agreed between the parties. "We've made Werder Bremen a formal offer for Miro Klose, a generous offer too. The final decision is now entirely up to Werder," Hoeneß reported.

Bayern’s biggest-ever raid on the transfer market is thus approaching a conclusion. “We’ve spent a great deal of money this season. There was a real thrill of the chase by the end. I was in Florence, I was in Paris, I was everywhere,” Hoeneß remarked, “my wife hasn’t seen a lot of me in recent weeks.”

Bayern’s pulling power

Hoeneß expressed delight at the realisation that Munich remains a desirable destination for some of the world’s biggest names, despite a disappointing domestic season and failure to qualify for the Champions League. “I was always aware this poor season would give us a painful jolt, but it wouldn’t rock us to our foundations,” the director remarked. “In fact, we were actually turning down some big-name players by the end. People sat up and took notice. They saw what we’re creating here in Munich, and suddenly they all wanted to be part of it.”

With the board close to completing its part of the assignment, the focus now switches to coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, “to form a decent team from this collection of excellent individuals. On the balance of probability, I’d hazard a guess that this team will do better than finishing fourth,” Hoeneß concluded. Bayern President Franz Beckenbauer shares that opinion: “I believe we’ll have a good and competitive team.”
fcbayern.de

Let's stop kidding ourselves. Sympathy aside, Klose is a better all-around striker than Makaay who's been on the downhill in the last two years. When Makaay doesn't score he's ueless to the team. Klose on the other hand still creates space for his teammates so that the whole team benefits from his style (29 assists in the past two seasons compared to Makaay's 11).

Our whole team has been on a downhill, not only Makaay. On the other hand, Bremen were getting better and better. It's obvious that Klose would perform better in a team with a midfield such as Bremen's.

Speaking of which, why don't we ever loan guys. Our teams overall performance got worse because once players start realizing that they're not playing for anything, they get complacent.

We loaned out Phillip Lahm for two years to Stuttgart and were desperate to have him back that second season if I remember correctly.

We loaned out Phillip Lahm for two years to Stuttgart and were desperate to have him back that second season if I remember correctly.

this could be a good idea.
there are players who have future but won't play very much in this team. i think the best example is fürstner. last season i remember some matches like against aachen. he could has played. bayern should loan out him and maybe hummels but we could wait one year more in his case. i think that ismaël and will leave. so next year we will need a defender for sure and he could have an option. he is in the first team but he isn't in the group of 4 defences. players like fürstner, hummels and kroos will stay next year in the first team but not into the 22 players. fürstner doesn't have very much future in this team if anything doesn't change. nothing has changed for him. only one thing: he will have more dificulties for play (altintop, zé...), we should loan him. ottl stayed the first year playing 8-9 matches. the second was starter in milan.

there is one thing that i don't understand: ottl who has been starter only has a deal until 2008 and fürstner until 2010. i hope bayern do a new deal for ottl(2008), lahm (2009), and schweini (2009). next year expires the deal of makaay, ismaël and kahn.

2008: kahn, ismaël, makaay, ottl
2009: van bommel, santa cruz, lahm, schweinsteiger, ¿zé?, hummels, lell
2010: van buyten, podolski, demichelis, lucio, schlaudraff, fürstner, altintop, sagnol, görlitz, rensing
2011: jansen, toni, ribéry, sosa

Speaking of which, why don't we ever loan guys. Our teams overall performance got worse because once players start realizing that they're not playing for anything, they get complacent.
Meh, usually our young players are either good enough for the first team right from the beginning (Schweini, Owen etc.) or they get sold to some second division team and you never hear much much of them again.
There are very few exceptions like Lahm or Misimovic who turned out better than expected.

Hummels is 18 and wants to finish school first. Another year in our reserve team alongside Thomas Linke won't hurt him.
Ottl won't get much playing time here next season. Magath is a fan of him so I'd try to send him to Wolfsburg for a year or two.
I haven't seen much of Fürstner but he doesn't look like the talent of the decade either.

Kroos is a complete different case. He's rated among the top prospects of his age-group (Wenger called him the best U17 player in world football). Let's see how he adapts to the reserve team in the rough third division. He will train with the senior team from the next season on.

5m for Makaay that'd be crazy. Especially if he's going to be offloaded to Feyenoord. .

I haven't seen much of Fürstner but he doesn't look like the talent of the decade either.

Totally agree there. I've seen him play a few times on TV and have gone to two Bayern training sessions where I watched him play with the 1st team. He was nothing special. To be honest, I thought I could step on the pitch and play at least as good as him. I'm not kidding either.

Kross is a badass though. That goal he scored into the far right corner for the German NT is pure class. I'm really excited about him. Having Wenger think highly of him is something special as well.

PS: I got a new signature. Not bad, ey? Gotta support the new fellas.:bob:

Nice sig, dude. (Y)

God, this Klose soap opera is annoying.

fcbayern.de: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, are you pleased with the results achieved in the transfer market so far?

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: "We're very, very satisfied, because we've brought off all the transfers we set out to complete. Six are done deals, and Zé Roberto should be the seventh. I'm assuming he'll come for his medical this week and then sign his contract. The last remaining question concerns Miroslav Klose, and that all depends on Bremen's final decision."

fcbayern.de: Bremen manager Klaus Allofs has today repeated that his club are including Miroslav in their plans for next season. What's more, Olympique Lyon appear to have joined the bidding for the player. Does that worry you?

Rummenigge: "No, I'm basically not interested whatsoever. I see it as a flexing of muscles in an effort to drive up the price. Miroslav Klose has stated his intention to join us on 1 July 2008 at the latest. It was an unmistakeable statement, and any talk about Lyon is just made up. We've seen through this little game and we won't be put off by it."

fcbayern.de: Does that mean Bayern are ruling out an increased offer to purchase Klose immediately?

Rummenigge: "We're not prepared to play poker. We've tabled our bid, and the situation today is that we're unwilling to change our offer. Practically all his team-mates and most of the fans have said they should sell him at once. But if the folk in Bremen believe they can continue to work with Miroslav next season, even given the circumstances, that's what they should do. It's something Werder Bremen have to evaluate. I must admit I find it all a trifle amusing."

fcbayern.de: Have Bayern set a deadline for a deal this summer?

Rummenigge: "No, we're taking a very relaxed approach. Why should we set a deadline? We're certain he'll be playing for us the season after next. He might play for us next season, but that entirely depends on Werder Bremen accepting our offer."

fcbayern.de: What would the arrival of Klose this summer mean in terms of departures?

Rummenigge: "Roque Santa Cruz has told us he would like to leave the club. We've informed him of the circumstances in which that could happen. We'll have to wait and see how it develops. Roy Makaay will be released if Miroslav Klose joins us straight away. That's what we've told his agent. And we'll send Julio Dos Santos out on loan for a season, which will give us a squad of 22 outfield players and two goalkeepers."

fcbayern.de: Leaving aside the potential fee for Klose, Bayern have spent more money than ever before this summer. Are you not slightly concerned at departing from your long-term policy of restraint?

Rummenigge: "We've always been extremely cautious in financial terms. Now we've been a little less cautious, but we've not been unreasonable. We're not playing a dangerous game. We continue to have our finances fully under control. Speaking on behalf of my fellow board directors, I can confirm we won't come under any financial pressure. We've recognised the need for a major rebuilding exercise, in order to deliver successful and attractive football next season."

fcbayern.de: Bayern are not in the Champions League, but the club has succeeded in signing genuine superstars Luca Toni and Franck Ribéry, which could be seen as a clear signal to your rivals.

Rummenigge: "Bayern continue to enjoy an extremely good reputation, even though we're not in the Champions League for once. That wasn't seen as a major handicap by any of the players we contacted. They all know they'll be well looked after if they come here. I also believe we've landed some players of exceptional character."

fcbayern.de: The transfer activity means there's growing pressure to succeed, which applies to coach Ottmar Hitzfeld as well.

Rummenigge: "We're no strangers to pressure. Obviously, it will be greater next season, but I'm totally convinced Ottmar Hitzfeld is exactly the right man for Bayern Munich in this situation. One of his major strengths is integrating new players, and when you've brought in seven or eight new faces, the integration process is obviously an important factor. But I have complete faith in Ottmar Hitzfeld and his coaching staff. It'll be a rapid and successful process."

fcbayern.de: The fans will look at a player such as Ribéry and expect a few moments of magic at the Allianz Arena next term.

Rummenigge: "We all know how it is: at the end of the day, winning matches is what counts. Obviously, we wouldn't have anything against achieving that and playing attractive football too. Whatever, I'm already curious about next season, and I'm hoping for a successful campaign."

I guess there's asolutely no room for schweinsteiger in your starting 11 now? that's the best thing to happen to your club since lothar mathäus.

Bayern interested in Lyon's Alou Diarra (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=438038&cc=5901)

The combined wages of the two are also in the region of Klose's.

Okay, forget about that. Apparently he will earn just as much as Toni, €10M a year pretax. :|

Klose's agent told Hoeness Barcelona would offer him a net salary of €4M a year to which Uli replied "so what, then we give him 5 million".

Klose's agent told Hoeness Barcelona would offer him a net salary of €4M a year to which Uli replied "so what, then we give him 5 million".

LOOOl what a badass

I actually think that Alou Diarra would be a great transfer for bayern. I wouldn't really feel safe with van bommel and ze roberto playin front of the defense, I rate ze roberto highly, but van bommel, although being a decent player doesn't look comfortable in the center, he hardly has defensive skills, judging from what I've seen of him.

I highly doubt we're looking for more players, especially one as expensive as Diarra would be. Lyon made something like 90M Euros by selling Essien and the other Diarra the past two years.

They're about to sell him to Portsmouth for €8M. And that news is wrong. It's Bremen who are interested in him and apparently wanted to offer Lyon a swap deal involving Klose (we're not in the US so they couldn't do that without the player's permission).

Besides the fact that Diarra already played with our amateurs five years ago and then left because of too much competition he isn't that good anyway.
Demichelis is a better player if he finally gets out of his slump. Altintop can also play the CDM role.

I think that the stories of Bayern being interested in Diarra, and the swap involving Klose are part of the Klose-Poker. Bayern announced that they are done with transfers, and Lyon have their sights on Trezeguet.

The only loser in this game is Klose himself, sadly. I wonder if he can buy-out his contract from Bremen. That would be interesting.

Demichelis is a better player if he finally gets out of his slump.

come on, I've seen every bayern game over the last 3 years, and that guy played like 10 decent games...

Are we going to play with the bundesliga kits in the uefa cup or they're going to make a european kit?

i don't know about the kids. we could use the kits of last CL

and zé roberto tema. i think he is good and maybe he has played very well with NT and Santos. Ok. but he is old and i would preffer an authentic defensive mifileder. i suppose we will play with him, van bommel, ribéry and sosa/schweinsteiger. in this midfield there isn't a defensive midfielder. I would prefer a player like sissoko, emerson. We could siggn one of them. Sissoko played well against barça and is young.

and diarra... he isn't enough good. before tiago.

and demichelis is good. last year was one of our best players.

and on the paper, who will play in the midfield are vbommel, (zé roberto), ottl and altintop because i count demichelis as a CB

Are we going to play with the bundesliga kits in the uefa cup or they're going to make a european kit?
There will be a new Uefa Cup kit.


come on, I've seen every bayern game over the last 3 years, and that guy played like 10 decent games...
He was brilliant in 2005, Uefa shortlisted him for the team of the year. Yeah, he had some horrible games after his contract extension, in the last weeks of the past season he looked decent again imo.

Any news on when the new UEFA cup kit will be revealed?

Probably in August.

Gonna like like this:

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/1066/vAFgTg2U_jpg.htm

That looks really cool and it kind of reminds me of our 2005/06 CL kits

That kit looks horrible..would be good if it didn't have those two stripes across the front.

He was brilliant in 2005, Uefa shortlisted him for the team of the year. Yeah, he had some horrible games after his contract extension, in the last weeks of the past season he looked decent again imo.

Remember how he went into a deep depression after not getting picked for the World Cup squad? Might have had more of an effect than we thought on him. We usually don't see stories like that about players, he was like "My life is over, I have nothing to live for."

Probably in August.

Gonna like like this:

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/1066/vAFgTg2U_jpg.htm

I hope not:nape:Very bad.The color is great like the uefa cl kits in 2004/2005 actually,but those damn stripes....:boohoo:

My next jersey is probably the new Home kit with 7. Ribery. I was gonna get a Ribery jersey before, but now that he has that number, it's official.

What about you fellas? What might be your next Bayern jersey? share....

If I bought a jersey it would have Podolski on the back.

I would've bought Podolski but i hate #11. I would never wear Toni's jersey and Ribery is too ugly lol so the choisses are either Lahm or Shcweinny.

Everybody and their grandmother will have either Toni or Ribery on the back.

Maybe the new Uefa Cup jersey with #23 Jansen. MJ :)

What number will Schlaudraff wear? I wouldn't mind having him on my new jersey.

EDIT: Forget all of the above. Now that Brazzo is gone i am hoping Poldi gets his # 20. I'll deffinitively buy that one. :D

Schlaudraff, Sosa and Ze haven't got a number yet. Depends on dos Santos' and Makaay's future.

Podolski will keep #11. They don't change numbers when too many jerseys have been sold already. Same reason Deisler wasn't allowed to take #10.

What's the story with him btw? Is he fit with retirement? I still can't get over it, 26 years of age and with that talent. Why retire? I mean even though he was an emotional mess and mostly injured he still had at least 6 good years left on him. Shame..

Seba Deisler is retired forever, he could be the best german player for other 10 years but all these bad injuries have broken his career. Shame, shame and again shame.

Excuse the retard, OLIVER is 38, like me. 15 may 1969, a star borned.....

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2518/kahngalerie1nh0.jpg

I have a Ballack jersey from a while ago and a Lahm jersey which is pretty new. Next one I'd buy would be another one of the German lads, either Schlaudraff or Jansen, or maybe Klose??? And It's definetely gonna be the home one because even though it isn't as good, it's different.

Probably in August.

Gonna like like this:

http://www.directupload.net/file/d/1066/vAFgTg2U_jpg.htm

Looks like river plate's away.(H)

Can someone tell me where I can get a Bayern jersey with Ribery on it? I want it ASAP. Where's the jersey going to be available the earliest? I'm assuming in the official Bayern shop but how long would shipping take to the US?

Everybody and their grandmother will have either Toni or Ribery on the back.

Maybe the new Uefa Cup jersey with #23 Jansen. MJ :)

In the US it doesn't really matter. If I was in Germany I'd get someone a bit more unique but here it won't make a difference.

I got the white Lahm jersey last summer. I think the Ribery one is next. :)

That World Soccer Shop online customizes them, that's where I've ordered from.

Here's the link to customizing a Bayern Munich shirt:
http://www.worldsoccershop.com/shop-by-team-bayern-munich-bayern-munich-2007-home-ls-soccer-jersey.html

Can someone tell me where I can get a Bayern jersey with Ribery on it? I want it ASAP. Where's the jersey going to be available the earliest? I'm assuming in the official Bayern shop but how long would shipping take to the US?
About 5 to 7 days. But shipping is almost $30.

Yea I was thinking of ordering from shop.fcbayern.de, but shipping is way too much. Subside Sports has the jersey on their site, but they only have Makaay, Schweinsteiger, Van Bommel, and Pizarro I think. Will wait one more week, if it doesn't come out on any US website, I will purchase it from fcbayern.de.

Schlaudraff, Sosa and Ze haven't got a number yet. Depends on dos Santos' and Makaay's future.

Podolski will keep #11. They don't change numbers when too many jerseys have been sold already. Same reason Deisler wasn't allowed to take #10.

I think Bayern should let Poldi take #20 and then offer a discounted rate on the new jerseys to anyone who bought the old one. The fans get cheaper new kits, Poldi gets his number, and Bayern sell a ton more shirts. How is this a bad idea?

Yea I was thinking of ordering from shop.fcbayern.de, but shipping is way too much. Subside Sports has the jersey on their site, but they only have Makaay, Schweinsteiger, Van Bommel, and Pizarro I think. Will wait one more week, if it doesn't come out on any US website, I will purchase it from fcbayern.de.


In Italy 4 shipping I've paid 13, it's not so much 30 in the USA......

Here the latest articles, this time "only" 134,70 euro, the 1st time in München fan shop (into the railway station, august 2003) I remember something like 800 with my old creditcard, I was buying all the shop lol....:mexican:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/151/7260zoomiy4.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5948/7294zoommo5.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8798/77231zoomiy8.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1205/77232zoomzp6.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3381/7817zoomqz2.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2608/79001zoompz8.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7924/dteaseraktion1lo0.jpg

The pin is a gift for those who buy the new kit, the scarf for orders superior to 100 euro.