Rooney is a great subplot this season. I thought that van Gaal would have had the balls to bench him for a longer period, but he never did. Wonder if Mourinho will do it and what the dynamics are with not playing a player with such a wage and fan appeal.

or maybe it would’ve been (...) Bayern that struggled in the midfield

fell in the draft, because ~20 GMs are idiots. Had to endure the Favre-shitshow. gay rumors and he was mercilessly mocked after his dementi, even by liberal sites, because... wording? Still no A.R.-article without a substantial amount of gay jokes on Kinja. Even insulting his (soon to be) wife. Now his idiot brother…

The “if only our superstar athletes would have played soccer all their lives, we would be a world power” is serious bs. Out of all the players who ever played in any of your 4 mayor sport leagues, if one made it to like a top100 player in the world, you could consider yourself lucky.

“Der Klassiker” is what the wise masters of the DFL chose as a branding, in a world where everything needs to be branded, despite the history of Dortmund vs. Bayern being not half as rich as Real vs. Barca.

Don’t give Pep too much credit. Every transfer in the last 2 years wasnt really his call, but Bayern managements as they planned for “after Pep”. Kimmich and Coman played largerly because of injuries and not because Pep saw them for what they could become. I give him credit for the development of several players…

There has been the claim that this is some kind of last hurrah for hooligans, because the next 3 mayor competitions are less accessible. They cant pull that stuff in Russia, because russian police will not be that “gentle”. The next Euro is split up over the continent. Qatar... well...

Since Rosberg is most famous for being a tax dodger in Germany, he probably wouldnt want to add “friend of Putin”.

As a german football fan (even as a Packer), I couldnt be happier for him. But I cant shake the feeling of a small to medium Peterson/overseas PR move. It played out a little strange on NFL Network and he was projected late 7th to undrafted. But hey, I take it.

Rachel Steele is blushing reading this story...

can we get Kanye to ask Ronaldo for money? These 2 are meant to collide at some point.

you dont know anybody from Germany, because you’re talking straight bs. There is a reaction time between 8min (in big cities) and 17min (in the middle of nowhere) because the comprehensive supply is required by law. You wouldnt have to wait 4 hours for an ambulance if someone dropped a nuke on Berlin.

It does... and it doesnt. Bayern Munich was never and will never be swayed by huge transfer fees. Losing Müller on a 100mio transfer would be a loss to them.

Müller just signed a new contract and his relationship with Pep is best described as ambivalent. 0% chance.

Every woman on this planet has the ability to read a mans thoughts and everything bad that ever happened to them individually or as a group, was taken on to hold up the illusion of them being just equals.

So whats the point with these “born and bred americans”? Will they play better soccer because they love their country more? There are several players on the german national team that dont even sing the national anthem, because: “meh” (imagine the shitstorm).

Her name is Bibiana Steinhaus

US robbers must not only be very stupid, breaking into houses that are currently occupied, they seem to be very blood thirsty too. Somewhat of a robber-mass murder hybrid, that wouldnt miss the chance of killing a whole family given the opportunity.

If you can make fun of a guy who was disfigured by a car accident as a child, you have to!

to start the list of Mourinhos missteps with this years treatment of a Dr. is very very generous.