Newest headlines:
- Corentin Tolisso fined over arm tattoo
- Bayern pair check optimistic for coronavirus
- Cologne signal former Palace midfielder Max Meyer
- Report: Löw planning Musiala call-up
January 31
Leverkusen add Englishman Demarai Grey
Hours earlier than the closing of the January switch window, Leverkusen introduced the signing of Demarai Grey from Leicester Metropolis.
The 24-year-old winger has signed a contract with the German facet till 2022. His transfer comes almost 5 months earlier than his contract with Leicester Metropolis was because of expire.
Leverkusen will reportedly pay the Premier League facet a switch price of €2 million ($2.4 million).
Grey joined Leicester Metropolis throughout their exceptional Premier League title season in 2015-16. However he has made just one league look this season and has performed 4 video games for Leicester Metropolis’s reserve workforce.
January 30
Bayern Munich advantageous midfielder Tolisso over tattoo
Shortly after their 4-1 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday, Bayern Munich introduced that it has fined Corentin Tolisso for breaching Germany’s COVID-19 lockdown guidelines and getting a tattoo.
A video surfaced on Friday depicting a maskless Tolisso getting a tattoo on his proper arm in a tattoo parlor that was alleged to be closed.
“After all it is aggravating what [Tolisso] did and naturally he can be fined,” Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic advised Sky Germany after Bayern’s win. “He is aware of he made a mistake. He can pay a advantageous, which we are going to donate to charity.”
Salihamidzic didn’t present extra particulars on the advantageous quantity, solely that the quantity is one Tolisso “will really feel.”
January 29
Bayern’s Goretzka, Martinez check optimistic for COVID-19
Leon Goretzka will miss Bayern Munich’s house sport towards Hoffenheim on Saturday after testing optimistic for coronavirus, the membership mentioned on Friday.
The German worldwide joins Javi Martinez in contracting the virus, although Bayern say each gamers are in good well being.
The champions have the possibility to go 10 factors clear, no less than for just a few hours, on Saturday.
January 27
Cologne signal Max Meyer
Relegation-threatened Cologne have signed attacking midfielder Max Meyer for the remainder of the season.
“For me the decisive perspective was to have the ability to play,” the 25-year-old Meyer mentioned in a press release on Cologne’s homepage on Wednedsay. “I need to use the possibility to current myself at a prime degree and assist Cologne keep up.”
Meyer, who made 4 appearances for Germany between 2014 and 2016, beforehand performed within the Bundesliga with Schalke. He left the Gelsenkirchen membership to affix Premier League facet Crystal Palace in 2018 however was launched from his contract earlier this month.
Cologne, who are in 16th place, the relegation playoff spot within the Bundesliga standings with simply 15 factors from 18 video games, face an important match towards Armina Bielefeld, one place and two factors above them, on Saturday.
Report: Löw planning Musiala call-up
In response to a report printed in Wednesday’s version of the German weekly SportBild, nationwide workforce head coach Joachim Löw is planning to identify 17-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala to his squad for three World Cup–qualifying matches in March.
The Stuttgart native, who moved to England as a baby, can also be eligible to play for that country – and made his debut for the English Below-21 facet final November.
Musiala, who turns 18 subsequent month, got here by Chelsea’s academy earlier than becoming a member of Bayern in 2019.
The attacking midfielder showcased his expertise with an outstanding long-range aim in final month’s top-of-the-table conflict at house to RB Leipzig, which led to a 3-3 draw.
January 26
Gladbach fines Embolo for breaking COVID protocols
Borussia Mönchengladbach have issued a “heavy advantageous” to striker Breel Embolo for breaching Germany’s coronavirus restrictions earlier this month.
Embolo confirmed on Instagram final week that police wrote him up after he visited a pal in Essen following a sport between Gladbach and Stuttgart on January 16. He denied earlier stories that he had attended a bigger get together that was happening at a closed bar close by.
Gladbach didn’t specify the quantity Embolo was fined, though sporting director Max Eberl mentioned in a membership assertion that the advantageous would “hit him arduous.”
Embolo was unnoticed of the squad for the membership’s match towards Bremen following the incident. Earlier than the sport, head coach Marco Rose condemned the Swiss striker’s actions as “fully mindless for somebody within the public eye.”
COVID prices counted for soccer’s greatest golf equipment
The coronavirus pandemic might value Europe’s 20 highest incomes soccer golf equipment over €2 billion ($2.4 billion), based on forecasts from monetary specialists Deloitte.
The group’s newest “Soccer Cash League” report reveals that revenues of the 20 golf equipment analyzed fell by 1.1 million euros final season because of closed stadiums and tv rebates. The outlook is not anticipated to get higher shortly, with followers nonetheless absent in most main leagues.
“The income that is been missed out on is pushed by the dearth of followers within the stadium, the dearth of interplay on a matchday – followers spending within the membership store and shopping for food and drinks – and there is a component that pertains to income that broadcasters have both clawed again or deferred to subsequent 12 months,” mentioned Tim Bridge of Deloitte’s Sports activities Enterprise Group.
In response to the report, Bayern Munich, as much as third, stay the richest German membership. Borussia Dortmund are available in twelfth, whereas relegation-threatened Schalke are sixteenth and Eintracht Frankfurt are a brand new entry in twentieth.
Tennis stars conflict over Australian Open restrictions
World #1 Novak Djokovic has confronted criticism from fellow gamers after the Serbian star printed an inventory of requests regarding coronavirus restirctions on the upcoming Australian Open.
The requests reportedly included transferring gamers into non-public properties with tennis courts and getting them higher meals.
Nick Kyrgios known as Djokovic a “device” in an interview, whereas Rafael Nadal, although not as direct, appeared to additionally take concern with Djokovic’s calls for.
“All of us attempt to assist one another,” Nadal advised ESPN on Monday. “Some have to make public all they do to attempt to assist others, whereas a few of us do it privately with out publishing our calls or making propaganda with it.”
Djokovic mentioned his good intentions had been “misconstrued.” The reigning Australian Open champion had beforehand confronted widespread condemnation for the Adria Tour, which flouted pandemic rules final 12 months and led to a sequence of optimistic coronavirus assessments.
January 25
Tuchel to switch Lampard at Chelsea — stories
After Frank Lampard was sacked as Chelsea coach, media stories in England recommend that Thomas Tuchel is in line to take over the Premier League membership.
Tuchel has solely been out of labor for a month since being relieved of his duties by French facet Paris Saint-Germain, with whom he gained back-to-back Ligue 1 titles and reached the Champions League ultimate throughout his two-and-a-half years in cost.
At Stamford Bridge, Tuchel would be a part of up with compatriots Kai Havertz, Timo Werner and Antonio Rüdiger, plus his former PSG captain Thiago Silva and Borussia Dortmund protege Christian Pulisic.
Pal Dardai returns to Hertha Berlin
Struggling Bundesliga facet Hertha Berlin have turned to former head coach Pal Dardai to avoid wasting them from relegation after sacking Bruno Labbadia on Saturday.
The Hungarian coach (44) was answerable for Hertha from 2014-2019 and has now signed a brand new 18-month contract till 2022.
“Returning to the primary workforce was actually not a part of my plan,” mentioned Dardai, who has been answerable for Hertha’s under-16s. “However I needn’t inform anyone what Hertha BSC means to me, so there was by no means any doubt that I’d assist out on this state of affairs.”
January 24
Bucs beat Packers to achieve Tremendous Bowl
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will develop into the primary ever NFL franchise to compete in a Tremendous Bowl of their house metropolis once they face the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tampa, Florida, on February 7.
The Bucs beat the Inexperienced Bay Packers, featuring German-American wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown, 31-26 to safe their place within the large sport, the place NFL legend Tom Brady can be seeking to win a report seventh Tremendous Bowl.
Kevin Grosskreutz retires
World Cup winner Kevin Grosskreutz has retired from soccer aged 32.
The previous Borussia Dortmund participant struggled to maintain his profession going after he left the Bundesliga giants. An unsuccessful transfer to Turkey was adopted by a return to Germany the place he by no means actually settled, along with his profession petering out.
His greatest days got here at Dortmund, the place he made 176 appearances and twice gained the Bundesliga. Throughout that point he additionally performed for Germany and was a member of the 2014 World Cup squad that gained all of it in Brazil.
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