Niko Kovač advised Bayern against signing one of his own Dortmund players last year How? Last summer, after Bayern failed to sign priority target Nico Williams, they turned to alternatives. One of them was Dortmund's Jamie Gittens. The supervisory board, including Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, was skeptical about the player. A club employee was tasked with contacting Niko Kovač to get an honest opinion from him about Gittens. Kovač is said to have made it more than clear that he considers the Englishman "not professional enough" to succeed at FC Bayern. The club then abandoned the pursuit of Gittens and went all in on Luis Díaz. Gittens ended up joining Chelsea [@BILD, Bayern Insider]

In mir steigt ein innerer Hass auf. Hoffe dieser Verein überschlägt sich und lernt die 2 Liga kennen, habe dabei aber große Zweifel

Wirtz mit freedom inverting from the left sieht aus wie PSG Neymar

🚨🇭🇷 Luka Vušković: “De Zerbi is a top-class coach. He likes attacking football, he likes build-up play, and I really like that”. “I hope we’ll work well together in the future”, told Nova Tv.

🗣️ | Ole Book: „Wir werden in der nächsten Saison eher im jetzigen System spielen. Das wird die Basis sein, weil wir damit sehr erfolgreich sind und es nicht damit getan ist, zu sagen: Wir holen jetzt zwei Flügelspieler und können dann dauerhaft mit einer Viererkette spielen. Das ist ein Irrglaube. Wir bräuchten einen massiven Einschnitt in der Kaderstruktur und ganz andere Spieler, um dauerhaft in einem anderen System spielen zu können.“ 🗞️ @SPORTBILD

Jamal Musiala lost his driver's license following an Autobahn accident that took place last year while he was speeding on the A8 near Neubiberg, which fortunately had no serious consequences The accident occurred on April 13, 2025. Florian Lindemann, spokesman for the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office, confirmed the accident. On that day, Musiala was driving on the A8 Autobahn towards Salzburg at around 2:30 p.m. According to Lindemann, the player was driving an Audi RS e-tron GT – Musiala's younger sister was also in the car, the spokesman added According to Lindemann, a traffic accident occurred near Neubiberg involving 'the accused Jamal M.'. The public prosecutor's office spokesperson continued: "While overtaking, the accused Jamal M., who was driving at excessive speed at the time, failed to see a car driving to his right, resulting in a collision." According to Lindemann, the speed limit at the accident site was 120 km/h – but Musiala was driving 194 km/h "at the time of the collision." According to police, Musiala's car struck a VW Golf. A 30-year-old driver from Munich and his 26-year-old female passenger sustained minor injuries, according to Lindemann. Property damage: approximately €200,000. The accident had consequences for the player - According to Lindemann, the Munich District Court, at the request of the public prosecutor's office, issued a now legally binding penal order against the accused Jamal M. on January 28, 2026, for negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent bodily harm in two cases. According to the public prosecutor's office, Musiala was fined. "Furthermore, his driver's license was revoked," said Lindemann – according to him, this happened in mid-February. Lindemann stated that Musiala "may not be issued a new driver's license until nine months have passed from the date the penalty order becomes legally binding" – so likely not until autumn. The player's side have confirmed the incident [@kessler_philipp, @tzmuenchen]

Manchester United are monitoring Julian Ryerson (28/🇳🇴) in case Noussair Mazraoui leaves the club. Ryerson (15 assists during the Bundesliga campaign) is on #MUFC’s RB backup shortlist. 🔴 Borussia Dortmund rate him highly but not unsellable. Price tag more than €30m. @SkySportDE

📢 | Der BVB wird wohl an seinem Erfolgssystem mit Dreierkette festhalten und sich daher nicht intensiv um klassische Flügelspieler bemühen. Die Borussen suchen eher einen Zehner, der auch auf die Außen ausweichen kann. Deshalb ist die Personalie Jadon Sancho derzeit on hold. Die Spur ist etwas kälter geworden. Sancho bleibt aber ein Thema, das sich bis in den späten Sommer ziehen kann. 🗞️ @SkySportDE

Niko Kovac: "I know everyone naturally expects more – higher, further, faster. [...] I don’t see us challenging Bayern next year. I’m not naive; I’m actually a realist and am trying to assess the situation objectively." 🗞 @FunkeSport #BVB

Thank you for everything 💛