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Report: Bayern Munich schedule contract talks with Real Madrid-linked Alphonso Davies

  Alphonso Davies of FC Bayern München reacts during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at Allianz Arena on March 09, 2024 in Munich, Germany.Bayern Munich have reportedly scheduled fresh contract talks for Real Madrid target Alphonso Davies.The left-back has less than 18 months left on his Bayern contract, and there has been little success in contract negotiations between the two parties.As a result, Davies's future has become the subject of much speculation, with Real Madrid emerging as the front-runners to secure his signature.There was a suggestion that Davies had already reached a verbal agreement to complete a move to the Spanish capital in the summer or in 2025.Davies's agent Nedal Househ has since stated that there is currently no agreement...
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Bayer Leverkusen defeat Wolfsburg to edge closer to first Bundesliga title

 Nathan Tella of Bayer Leverkusen celebrates with team mates during the Bundesliga match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and VfL Wolfsburg at BayArena on March 10, 2024 in Leverkusen, Germany. Nathan Tella and Florian Wirtz scored as Bayer Leverkusen beat 10-man Wolfsburg 2-0 on Sunday to edge their team closer to a maiden Bundesliga title. Bayern Munich's 8-1 win over Mainz on Saturday, including Harry Kane's fourth hat-trick of the season, had cut the gap to seven points. Now, with nine games remaining, Leverkusen, who are still unbeaten in all competitions this season, sit 10 points ahead. "It wasn't easy, but it was highly deserved," said Leverkusen's Granit Xhaka. "I'm sure the fans would have wished for more goals, but three points are three points."Leverkusen were ha...
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Kane sets hat-trick record as Bayern win 8-1

 Harry Kane of FC Bayern München and Joshua Guilavogui of 1. FSV Mainz 05 battle for the ball during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at Allianz Arena on March 9, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Harry Kane became the first man to score four hat-tricks in his debut Bundesliga season as Bayern Munich reduced Bayer Leverkusen's advantage to seven points.With Leverkusen hosting Wolfsburg on Sunday, Bayern looked to maintain the pressure on the runaway leaders and they responded with an emphatic win against relegation-threatened Mainz.England captain Kane, 30, took his tally to 30 goals in 25 Bundesliga games, as well as providing a wonderful assist for Jamal Musiala.Bayern are aiming for a record-extending 12th successive title but their tight grip on the B...
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Bayern boss Tuchel refuses to give up on title despite 10-point gap

 Thomas Tuchel, Head Coach of FC Bayern München looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match between FC Bayern München and SS Lazio at Allianz Arena on March 05, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel has refused to give up on the Bundesliga title race despite Bayer Leverkusen having a 10-point gap over them.Bayern have 54 points in their bag at the moment, with 10 games remaining. While Leverkusen have been unbeaten throughout the campaign, Tuchel has refused to just hand over the title to them.Speaking ahead of the Mainz clash, as quoted by Reuters, Tuchel said that they need to keep winning even if things aren't essentially in their hands at the end of the day.The Bayern boss said that his side will be looking to be more s...
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Report: Harry Kane unlikely to return to Premier League this summer

 Harry Kane of Bayern Munchen during the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match between FC Bayern München and SS Lazio at Fussball Arena Munchen on March 05, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane is reportedly unlikely to return to the Premier League during this summer's transfer window despite the recent speculation.The 30-year-old left Tottenham Hotspur last summer to move to Bayern, with the England captain looking to win trophies at this stage of his career.Thomas Tuchel's side have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but they are currently second in the Bundesliga table, 10 points behind the leaders Bayer Leverkusen.Kane has been in impressive form for Bayern this season, scoring 33 goals and registering nine assist...
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French winger Mathys Tel signs 5-year contract extension with Bayern Munich

 Mathys Tel of FC Bayern München reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match between FC Bayern München and SS Lazio at Allianz Arena on March 05, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Mathys Tel signed a contract extension Wednesday with Bayern Munich until end of the June 2029. "This contract extension means a lot to me. I've already learnt a lot at Bayern, both on and off the pitch. Munich has become a home for me and my family, and the fans are also very important to me," Tel said after the signing."I can't be the player I am without them. When you play for Bayern, you always want to win every trophy. I want to score and set up goals, play with heart and energy for Bayern, and give everything for this club and its fans,” he added.Tel, who moved to Baye...
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Dortmund, Leipzig win as Champions League race tightens

(L.R:) Karim Adeyemi of BVB and Pavel Kaderabek of Hoffenheim battle for the ball during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG Hoffenheim at Signal Iduna Park on February 25, 2024 in Dortmund, Germany.The Bundesliga race for Champions League places heated up on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 at Union Berlin to stay fourth and RB Leipzig beat Bochum 4-1 to keep pace a point behind. The unrelenting form of league leaders Bayer Leverkusen and surprising Stuttgart, who won 3-2 at Wolfsburg in Saturday’s late match to solidify their grip on third, has left Champions League regulars Dortmund and Leipzig battling it out for fourth. Karim Adeyemi’s 41st minute goal, his first of the season, put Dortmund on course for victory before Chelsea loanee Ian Maatsen added another i...
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Bayern drop points again with draw at Freiburg

 Harry Kane of FC Bayern München reacts during the Bundesliga match between Sport-Club Freiburg and FC Bayern München at Europa-Park Stadion on March 01, 2024 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.Bayern Munich could end the weekend 10 points off the top of the Bundesliga after dropping points against Freiburg.Christian Gunter fired the mid-table hosts into a lead with a fine 20-yard strike.Bayern thought they had turned it round through Mathys Tel's excellent curling effort and Jamal Musiala's placed shot after a solo run.But Lucas Holer struck an 87th-minute volley to snatch a point for the hosts."We played completely without structure," said Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel on his side's first-half performance. "We were not disciplined. We were not in our positions, we lost possession going f...
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Granit Xhaka pranks Xabi Alonso with injury after scoring Bayer Leverkusen screamer

  L-R Jonathan Tah, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo of Leverkusen react after their teams first goal during the Bundesliga match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at BayArena on February 23, 2024 in Leverkusen, Germany.Granit Xhaka hilariously had Xabi Alonso panicking tonight after hammering home a stunning goal in Bayer Leverkusen’s clash with Mainz. The game was just three minutes old when the Swiss international curled in a stunning left-foot effort from outside the area, the ball sailing over away keeper Robin Zentner and dipping into the top corner.The strike was enough to get his manager off his seat, but Alonso’s joy soon turned to despair when the former Arsenal man clutched his left hamstring in apparent pain. All was not as it seemed though, with a broad...
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Thomas Tuchel to leave Bayern Munich – but ‘will stay put until the summer’

Head coach Thomas Tuchel of FC Bayern München looks on ahead of the Bundesliga match between VfL Bochum 1848 and FC Bayern München at Vonovia Ruhrstadion on February 18, 2024 in Bochum, Germany.Thomas Tuchel and Bayern Munich have decided to part ways at the end of the 2023/24 season.It follows a dreadful run of form for Bayern as they suffered three straight defeats in crucial games. Tuchel's side have seen their hopes of defending their Bundesliga crown crumble in recent weeks after humiliating losses to title rivals Bayer Leverkusen and mid-table Vfl Bochum.They are also on the cusp of an early Champions League exit following a 1-0 defeat to Lazio in last Wednesday's last-16 clash away from home. Bild report the Bayern hierarchy now think it's time for a change in the dugout just a year...
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Kane goal not enough as Bayern suffer third defeat in nine days

 Harry Kane of Bayern Munich looks dejected after Kevin Stoeger of VfL Bochum (not pictured) scores his team's third goal from the penalty spot during the Bundesliga match between VfL Bochum 1848 and FC Bayern München at Vonovia Ruhrstadion on February 18, 2024 in Bochum, Germany.England captain Harry Kane's late goal at Bochum was not enough as Bayern Munich suffered their third defeat in nine days.Bayern took the lead through Jamal Musiala, before the first of two stoppages following fans' protests.Bochum scored twice, with goals from Takuma Asano and Keven Schlotterbeck.Kevin Stoger's penalty made it 3-1 after Dayot Upamecano had been sent off and, despite Kane's 25th league goal of the season, it was not enough.Thomas Tuchel's Bayern are now eight points behind Bundesliga leaders ...
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Leverkusen beat Bayern to grab five-point ladder lead

 10 February 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Leverkusen: Soccer: Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich, matchday 21 at the BayArena, Munich's Noussair Mazraoui (l) and Leverkusen's Alex Grimaldo in action.Alex Grimaldo scored as Bayer Leverkusen beat Bayern Munich 3-0 to open up a five-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.It's carnival season in the Rhineland, and Leverkusen fans, many of them in costume, had plenty to celebrate as Xabi Alonso's team proved their title credentials on Saturday (Sunday AEDT).It was Leverkusen's 31st game this season without a loss in all competitions.After a kick-off delayed by fan protests, it was a Bayern player who scored the first goal - but he wasn't playing for Bayern.Right back Josip Stanisic, sent out on loan to Leverkusen at the start o...
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Bundesliga: Donyell Malen double fires Borussia Dortmund past Freiburg

 Dortmund's German forward #14 Niclas Fuellkrug (R) celebrates scoring the 3-0 goal with his team-mates Dortmund's Dutch forward #21 Donyell Malen and Dortmund's German midfielder #19 Julian Brandt during the German first division Bundesliga football match between BVB Borussia Dortmund and SC Freiburg in Dortmund, western Germany on February 9, 2024. Donyell Malen scored a first-half brace as Borussia Dortmund eased to a 3-0 home victory over Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Friday. Striker Niclas Fuellkrug, celebrating his 31st birthday, laid on both goals for the Netherlands winger, before grabbing one of his own in the dying stages. The win sends Dortmund four points clear of fifth-placed RB Leipzig, with the Saxons playing at Augsburg on Saturday. Malen, who was linked with...
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Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer in doubt for crunch Bayer Leverkusen clash

 Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer of FC Bayern München warms up ahead of the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and Borussia Mönchengladbach at Allianz Arena on February 3, 2024 in Munich, Germany.Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel on Friday confirmed captain Manuel Neuer was in doubt for Saturday's trip to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen as he battles to recover from a knee injury. Neuer has not trained with the team this week and was only able to complete an individual session on Thursday. "Manu will try and take part in the goalkeeper training today. It's Manu so we'll give him until Saturday at 5pm to tell us if he's OK," Tuchel told reporters.Bayern face Xabi Alonso's unbeaten Leverkusen, who sit two points ahead of the German champions atop the Bundesliga table, at 1730GMT on...
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Mario Gotze Header Sends Eintracht Frankfurt Past Mainz

 Mario Goetze of Eintracht Frankfurt scores their sides first goal past Robin Zentner of 1.FSV Mainz 05 during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at Deutsche Bank Park on January 26, 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.A second-half header from Mario Goetze lifted Eintracht Frankfurt to a 1-0 win over derby rivals Mainz on Friday, keeping the home side in touch with the European placings. Germany's World Cup hero from 2014 put Frankfurt in front with just over a quarter of an hour remaining, heading in the rebound from his own shot. Goetze appeared to be offside but his first goal of the season survived a lengthy VAR review, with images showing a deflection off a Mainz player. Goetze last scored a header almost two years ago, telling DAZN "it...
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Bayern lose ground in Bundesliga after home defeat

 Harry Kane, Mathys Tel, Thomas Mueller and teammates of Bayern Munich look dejected following the team's defeat during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and SV Werder Bremen at Allianz Arena on January 21, 2024 in Munich, Germany.Bayern Munich lost ground on leaders Bayer Leverkusen after they suffered their first home Bundesliga defeat of the season against Werder Bremen.Former Bayern defender Mitchell Weiser scored in the 59th minute and Werder held on to clinch their first away win over their opponents since 2008.Harry Kane had a subdued game with a shot over the bar his best effort.Bayern are seven points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who beat RB Leipzig 3-2 on Saturday, with a game in hand.Want to know more about football flame check out our article
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Now at Bayern Munich, Harry Kane eyeing every trophy

 Harry Kane of Munich looks on during the Bundesliga match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern München at Volkswagen Arena on December 20, 2023 in Wolfsburg, Germany.Harry Kane made his big summer transfer window move to Bayern Munich in search of trophies, which had eluded him in his entire Tottenham Hotspur tenure.But though the Bavarians already fell short in the DFB-Pokal — Kane watching from the bench as an unused substitute as third-division Saarbrücken felled the German giants in the second round — he remains undeterred.“The Bundesliga and Champions League are what we are setting out to win with Bayern and the Euros with England we are setting out to win,” Kane said recently (as captured by Channel 4, via @iMiaSanMia). “The teams I am in have really good chances of winning thos...
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Muller signs one-year Bayern contract extension

 Thomas Mueller of FC Bayern Muenchen celebrates a goal that was later disallowed for offside during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and VfB Stuttgart at Allianz Arena on December 17, 2023 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich midfielder Thomas Muller has signed a one-year contract extension until June 2025.The German, 34, has spent his whole career at Bayern, making 684 senior appearances since his debut in 2008.Club president Herbert Hainer said: "Bayern has been shaped by many people, and there will never again be a player like Thomas Müller."Muller has won 12 German Bundesliga titles, the Champions League twice, six German cups and eight German Supercups.Bayern trail league leaders Leverkusen by four points, although they have a game in hand.
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Borussia Dortmund suffer another Bundesliga setback

 Giovanni Reyna of Borussia Dortmund takes a shot during the Bundesliga match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund at WWK-Arena on December 16, 2023 in Augsburg, Germany. Borussia Dortmund have suffered another domestic setback, held 1-1 at Augsburg just days after topping a Champions League group above Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Newcastle. Ermedin Demirovic held off Schlotterbeck’s challenge – arguably with a shove – to fire Augsburg into a 23rd-minute lead before Donyell Malen played a one-two with Niclas Fullkrug to equalise 10 minutes before halftime. Augsburg missed three good chances early in the second half before Dortmund coach Edin Terzic sent on Gio Reyna for Marco Reus, then the 19-year-old Samuel Bamba for his Bundesliga debut, but Dortmund were unable to ...
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Eintracht thrash Bayern 5-1, Leipzig win in Dortmund

 Frankfurt's Egyptian forward #07 Omar Marmoush vies for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, western Germany on December 9, 2023.Bayern Munich suffered a jolt to their title defence, losing their first league game of the season 5-1 in Frankfurt yesterday while RB Leipzig triumphed 3-2 at 10-men Borussia Dortmund.In a wet and wild contest in Frankfurt, the hosts raced into an extraordinary 3-0 first-half lead, with Omar Marmoush, Junior Dina Ebimbe, and Hugo Larsson scoring the goals as Dino Toppmoeller’s side outmuscled a timid Bayern.Joshua Kimmich dragged Bayern back into the match just before half-time but French midfielder Ebimbe had other ideas, capping a scintillating counter-attack af...
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