Bundesliga Splashes

Oh, what an eventful day! The merry-go-round is about to turn. First of all, the first big transfer for Bayern Munich this summer. Stuttgart’s Mario Gomez will join the Bavarians for the new season in exchange for 30million Euro, which makes it the most expensive transfer in Bundesliga history. The 23-year-old striker is about to sign a contract for apparently four years. It will be interesting to see how Luca Toni (tanti auguri, Luca!) will react to the transfer as he costs the club the most and is with 32years the oldest of the four Bayern strikers. Stuttgart on the contrary, will lose a brilliant striker who is able to score 20+ goals each season indeed, but they’ll also get a nice and fresh 30millions on their account, money which they can now use on the transfer for Barcelona’s Aleksandr Hleb. The transfer will probably put an end on the Bavarian bidding for Wolfsburg’s star striker Edin Dzeko but not to the search for a new goalkeeper. Schalke’s Manuel Neuer officially aroused interest there.

A couple of hours earlier Bremen’s star Diego was transferred to Juventus Torino for a nothingness of 24.5million Euro. The amount will be paid in three installments, plus an extra 2.5million Euro if Juve reaches certain goals. It will be interesting to see what Werder Bremen is doing with all that money and which talent they are going to conjure once again. Mönchengladbach’s talented midfielder Marko Marin is the latest gossip. But the question remains. Why did Diego move to Juventus. Certainly, the Old Lady is one of the most successful and popular club in the world. With rotten and unsafe stadiums, violence on every weekend, low attendances the Italian Serie A is not what it’s used to be anymore.

The third big news today was the leaving of Hamburg’s coach Martin Jol. Ajax Amsterdam chose him to become Marco van Basten’s successor, both clubs are negotiating a transfer fee. He led the redpants to two semi-finals and into the new established Euro League. A departure would mean a huge abuse of confidence as Hamburg was very happy to present him as their new coach after an exhausting search for a new coach last summer. Hence the manhunt will have to start over again.