Bundesliga
Hamburg close to signing Gremio midfielder
Hamburg want to be big again. And they believe firmly that the key lies in Brazil. And Ronaldinho’s old club. Gremio’s 22-year-old defensive midfielder, Walace, may not exactly inspire paeans to his attacking prowess, but every good team building exercise needs a strong foundation.
Borussia Dortmund star to leave?
Borussia Dortmund must be really fed up with this. Having seen cross-state rivals and big bullies Bayern Munich rip them apart every transfer season – for giggles, as they say in Bavaria – they may be all set to lose their talismanic (yet oft-injured) skipper Marco Reus to an embattled Arsene Wenger.
Bojan joins Mainz on loan
- Stoke City’s... I mean former La Masia wunderkind and “could-have-been-messi-2.0”... Bojan Krkic has joined Mainz on a season-long loan. Is Mark Hughes’ grand master plan of turning Stoke City to Stoke-alona unravelling at the seams?
Just how good was Bojan, though, eh?
