Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich

FC Bayern beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 on Saturday evening to extend their European record of victories to 15 matches at the start of the season. Serge Gnabry and Nicolas Jackson scored before Loïc Badé put through his own goal to hand Bayern a comfortable lead at half-time. With no goals to come after the restart, Bayern claimed another three points.

They named Dayot Upamecano (28.3%), Joshua Kimmich (69.1%), Jamal Musiala (59.7%), Harry Kane (77.5%) and Michael Olise (43.5%) in the Team of the Season, plus summer signing Jonathan Tah (54.5%) from his Bayer Leverkusen days. The team was completed by Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen, 28.3%), Nadiem Amiri (Mainz, 36.1%), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen, 84.8%), Finn Dahmen (Augsburg, 28.3%) and Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund, 45.0%).

Sport Bild now reports that there remains optimism the German national will put pen to paper on a new deal. However, decision-makers at Borussia Dortmund are keenly aware of the fact that the likes of Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Real Madrid are circling. Nico Schlotterbeck is still stalling on Dortmund contract The simple fact of the matter is that Schlotterbeck isn't providing nearly enough encouragement with regard to his BVB future.

It is TRUE: Reported Bayern target Said El Mala is catching the eye of PSG and Inter Milan. Bayern have him on the list. They're not so afraid of these two clubs. However, we heard in Munich, and this could be interesting for the Premier League, that Manchester City also have him on their list. When City are at the table, Bayern Munich are always aware that things could get a little risky, as the two clubs are playing a similar style and Pep Guardiola is an attractive coach for a young player.

Due to illness, Linda Dallmann will not be travelling with the German women's national team to Caen today.

If Lukas Kwasniok had known at the start of the season that his side would be sitting in the top eight in the Bundesliga after eight matchdays, he would surely have considered it a great success. The Köln head coach had stressed back then that, as a newly-promoted team, the club should approach the mission of avoiding the drop "humbly" - knowing full well that things could get quite a bit more stormy in Germany's top flight than in the previous Bundesliga 2 season.

The Bundesliga champions received another promising news this week on the injury front. Jamal Musiala returned to the pitch for the first time since breaking his fibula and dislocating his ankle against Paris-Saint Germain in the Club World Cup at the start of July. Musiala was photographed on the pitch at Sabner Strasse as he takes a big step forward in his recovery.

The Austrian midfielder has seamlessly adapted to both full-back positions under Kompany. He has largely been used in the right-back position under Kompany in the last 18 months. However, the recent injury crisis in the left-back department has forced Kompany to use Laimer on the left side of the back four. The Austrian has not disappointed his head coach and delivered top performances in both full-back positions.

Ahead of the game at Borussia Mönchengladbach (Saturday, 15:30 CEST), head coach Vincent Kompany will share his thoughts on the game in his pre-match press conference from 10:00 CEST on Friday.

Tuva Hansen injured her ankle in the closing stages of FC Bayern Women's Bundesliga game against Köln.

The German midfielder will attract interest from several clubs due to his consistency for Bayern over the last seven years. According to SportBild (via i MiaSanMia), Fenerbahce are showing concrete interest in signing Goretzka when the transfer window opens in January. Fenerbahce's head coach, Dominic Tedesco, rates Goretzka highly and has previously worked with him at Schalke. However, Bayern will likely rebuff all offers for Goretzka in the winter transfer window.

Fino alla fine - until the end - is more than a motto for Juventus. It's an attitude, an inner compass, even a command. You could sense it in every step, every look, every gesture on Thursday night. It could be seen on the faces of Cristiana Girelli, Barbara Bonansea and the rest of the squad, who lived it for 90 minutes on the pitch at the FC Bayern Campus. They never let up, fought for every blade of grass.