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The coaching team at FC Bayern continues to be turned upside down. While Julian Nagelsmann brings two assistants with him from Leipzig, the next Flick assistant leaves the club. After Hermann Gerland and Miroslav Klose, Hansi Flick’s third assistant coach is also not continuing at FC Bayern. The 32-year-old Danny Röhl asked the club to terminate his contract, which is valid until 2023, the club announced. Bayern complied with the request. According to media reports, Röhl is to follow Flick to the DFB. There is no confirmation of this yet. Previously, FC Bayern had already announced that Julian Nagelsmann would…

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Last Monday, the value of the Coca-Cola brand suddenly dropped by four billion euros, from 242 to 238 billion. While the company’s share was worth just under $56.10 at around 3 p.m., as “Eurosport” reported, it was only worth $55.20 at 3:30 p.m. The reason for the nosedive seemed to be quickly identified: minutes earlier, at a press conference before his Portuguese team’s European Championship match against Hungary, soccer superstar and fitness junkie Cristiano Ronaldo had demonstratively removed two Coke bottles from the cameras’ field of vision and spoken out in favor of water. Several media, including our editorial team,…

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Tottenham Hotspur has parted ways with coach José Mourinho. Corresponding reports from the “Telegraph” and “The Athletic” were confirmed by the club on Monday afternoon. The 58-year-old Portuguese won only one of the past six games with Spurs and slipped to seventh in the Premier League. Tottenham is four points behind Europa League place five. Ex-professional Ryan Mason is to take over as team manager until the end of the season. In addition to the threat of missing out on international business, the club’s management has reportedly been unhappy with Mourinho’s constant public criticism of the players. This had also…

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Jonas Hofmann recently toppled FC Bayern with his two goals against Manuel Neuer. A week later, he’s already back in the spotlight. “In this day and age, players are hardly allowed to speak their minds. If I were to make them known now, I would probably be banned for the rest of the season,” he said after the game against VfB Stuttgart. What happened? The “Foals” were leading 2-1 until the last minute of the game. Everything looked like an away win – until VfB striker Sasa Kalajdzic went down in the penalty area after clutching Gladbach’s Ramy Bensebaini. Referee…

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Despite three-man Hoppe, Schalke is in desperation for strikers. The fired Vedad Ibisevic and Mario Mandzukic also denied them before Huntelaar. FC Schalke 04 needs a hitter desperately and is now focusing on a spectacular return of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, the Ajax professionals. “Jochen is out day and night, trying to make the impossible – because of the financial constraints – still possible,” Coach Christian Gross said of a nearly desperate striker hunt. Recent rows of baskets have been made with the royal blue – with a player recently being chased out of the yard among other items. Jochen Schneider asked…

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It is well known that Jose Mourinho is not someone who takes things lying down. The Tottenham Hotspur coach reacted immediately to his ex-player Mesut Özil’s comments. During the press conference before the home match against Fulham FC (Wednesday, 21.15), the question naturally arose as to what Jose Mourinho thought of the statement made by Mesut Özil online. “Who told him we wanted him in the first place?” the Spurs coach replied in his own way when a reporter asked him about Özil’s comments. The two still know each other from their time together at Real Madrid. The former Germany…

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AFC Wimbledon has loaned goalkeeper Sam Walker from Reading until the end of the season. The experienced goalkeeper has made more than 250 appearances in the Football League and, at 6-foot-6, is exactly the size the Sky Bet League One club was looking for. The Dons have not won in the league since December 2 and are one place and one point above the bottom four. “My size has always been the big factor, which is why I ended up in goal in the first place when I was younger,” Walker told the club’s official website. “I haven’t been relegated…

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Newcastle coach Steve Bruce hopes some players will be available for Tuesday’s trip to Sheffield United but urges caution with captain Jamaal Lascelles. The Magpies captain made his first appearance since November 21, when he was in the starting eleven for last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal. Lascelles had not played for six weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus and struggling to regain fitness following his battle with the virus. While the center-back started at the Emirates on Saturday, he had to be substituted at halftime and may not be ready to play against the Blades, who are bottom…

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