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Can Löw go out on a high?

Joachim Löw’s announcement that he will step down as Germany manager after the European Championship hardly came as a surprise.…

The A-Team

Now that league titles have become a mandatory requirement at Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski has turned his attention to breaking…

The Angel of Gelsenkirchen

In the closing minutes of Schalke’s pre-season friendly against Qatari club Al Sadd, a 13-year-old boy held up the fourth…

The case for RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig are unloved for a good reason, but they deserve respect for trusting young players, promoting exciting managers and…

Where do we go from here?

There was a sense of inevitability when Virgil van Dijk volleyed home a last-minute equaliser on Monday night. The Netherlands,…

End of an era?

Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry joined Bayern Munich while on different career trajectories. Robben was only 25 when fellow Dutchman…

Servus, Philipp

It’s 18:06 on Friday 20 June 2006 and 66,000 people, mostly clad in Germany colours, have packed into Munich’s shiny…