Football made in Germany (Bundesliga) special thread

Bayern could send Serge Gnabry on loan for one year at Hoffenheim to be back in 2018 when Franck Ribéry leaves [AZ]

Juventus will make an opening €30m bid to sign Douglas Costa from Bayern

Juventus are confident of getting the deal done due to the good relationship they have with Bayern after the Vidal, Coman and Benatia deals
[Ilbianconero via Calciomercato]

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Bayern new signing serge Gnabry [emoji23]

RB Leipzig are set to complete the signing of Ibrahima Konaté in the coming days, according to Kicker, after the 18-year-old met with sporting director Ralf Rangnick.

The FC Sochaux defender was shown the sights of Leipzig last week whilst he’s expected to sign a long-term deal with the Bundesliga runners-up.

This move comes after Leipzig signed promising French defender Dayot Upamecano in January.

Konaté played 12 Ligue 2 games for Sochaux last season, whilst Bild report they have beaten Olympique Lyon to the signing.

Bundesliga side Hoffenheim have reached a €5m agreement with PSV to sign French central defender Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, according to L’Équipe.

The Valenciennes youth academy product is set to sign a 4-year deal with the German outfit.

Bild | Bayern are readying a €40m bid for Alexis Sánchez on a 4-year contract worth €15m/year. Sánchez wants nothing less than €23m/year

Kicker | Bayern in very advanced negotiations with Lyon over Corentin Tolisso (22). Transfer fee: €35m upfront + €15m various bonuses

CONFIRMED: Hoffenheim's Nadiem Amiri has extended his contract until June 2020. His contract was running out next summer.

Arsenal and Chelsea are both interested in Dortmund's central defender Sokratis. (Goal Deutschland)

The modernization of Allianz Arena has started with the installation of the two largest digital screens in Europe

Italian international central midfielder Marco Verratti’s agent Donato di Campli has met this morning with PSG Sporting Director Antero Henrique to discuss his client’s future, according to Di Marzio.

In this meeting, Di Campli confirmed his client’s desire to quit Les Parisiens this summer. PSG from there side through Henrique confirmed their desire to offer Verratti a new contract, but Di Campli refused to discuss the specifics relating to this as it is a question of Verratti wanting to leave rather than money, the agent claimed to Henrique.

PSG are now demanding to meet with Marco Verratti in person, there is clearly a great deal of distrust between PSG representatives and wily operator Donato Di Campli. A meeting between Verratti and Sporting Director Henrique is due to occur in the coming days.

Bayern will play their first friendly game of the pre-season against fifth division side BCF Wolfratshausen on July 6th

Breaking: 1860 Munich confirm that they want to leave Allianz Arena and play their home games at the Grünwalder Stadion

Markus Fauser (1860 CEO): "Playing at Allianz Arena doesn't make sense after our relegation. We will discuss it with the city and FC Bayern"

Best defensive midfielders in the Bundesliga 2016-17 [Kicker]

best attacking midfielder

Best wingers

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Joachim Löw is using the Confed Cup to help develop the young players

Mats Hummels - Bundesliga defender of the season | 2016-17 Stats [Opta]