🐎 Ex-Liverpool sporting director Jörg Schmadtke is a candidate to replace Roland Virkus at Borussia Mönchengladbach. (kicker) 🤝 He could work alongside Jan Schlaudraff as a duo. 🇺🇸 Gladbach have also held talks with former St.Louis City sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel.

🆕 Eintracht Frankfurt left-back Nathaniel Brown makes his debut in the Germany squad. ⚫🟡 Nico Schlotterbeck returns following his recovery from a meniscus injury. 🔙 RB Leipzig's Ridle Baku returns to the squad for the first time in nearly 4 years.

🚨 | Julian Nagelsmann has named his Germany squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifying games against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.

Borussia Dortmund extend their unbeaten run to 8 games across all competitions this season following a 4-1 win against Athletic Club - Niko Kovač's side showing excellent consistency. Can they keep it up?

Forget what Rummenigge said about Woltemade's transfer fee. He's absolutely worth it.

🔴 Bayern Munich are looking to extend the contract of Michael Olise. (Bild) ✍️ The new deal would be a 2-year extension with an improved salary. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea are said to be interested in the 23-year-old.

🐎 Borussia Mönchengladbach are looking to make several structural changes. (Bild) 🆕 Elversberg's Nils-Ole Bock, Jonas Boldt, and an internal option in Steffen Korrell are candidates to replace Roland Virkus. 🔙 Marcel Jansen could return to the club in a higher up role.

3 things we learnt from Atletico Madrid 5-1 Eintracht Frankfurt 🏫 Frankfurt schooled by a UCL veteran. ☔️ Defending is becoming a problem. 👴 This young team needs more experience. ✍️ @jackmeenan.bsky.social

⚫️🟡 Nico Schlotterbeck on his Borussia Dortmund future: 🗨️ "The appreciation on both sides is very high. But it won’t be so early that I extend my contract. We’ll have talks now. I’ll sit down with Sebastian Kehl, make a plan, and then we’ll see what comes of it."

🐎 Borussia Mönchengladbach have announced that Roland Virkus has resigned from his role as director of sport with immediate effect. 📅 Virkus has been associated with the club for over 35 years.

🇩🇪 Jürgen Klopp has defended his decision to join Red Bull: “I knew it (would come). I’m German. I know what people in Germany think about the involvement of Red Bull in football. They love Red Bull. In all departments. But in football? No. So whatever, they want to do it that way. (The Athletic)

👀 Bayern Munich are gathering information on Juventus forward Dušan Vlahović, reports Christian Falk. 💶 The Serbian will be a free agent next summer. 🔍 Both Manchester United and Chelsea are also monitoring the situation.

🐎 Tim Kleindienst on his Borussia Mönchengladbach future: "If I want to continue playing for the national team, the 2.Bundesliga would probably be the wrong path." (Bild)

⚫️🟡 A contract extension can no longer be ruled out for Julian Brandt, whose deal expires next summer. (Bild) 👍 Head coach Niko Kovac is a big fan of Brandt. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle, Aston Villa and Tottenham have shown interest in the 29-year-old.

📰 ☕️ #Bundesliga matchday 5 review: 📕 Historic Harry 🤯 10-goal game 1⃣ First wins 😡 Fan protests & much more! ✍️ @getfootballnewsgermany.com All key talking points from last weekend's action. ⤵️ bit.ly/4mYRrmN

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on VfB Stuttgart selling Nick Woltemade to Newcastle: "I can only congratulate the people in Stuttgart for finding – let me use quotation marks here – ‘an idiot’ who paid that much money, because we certainly wouldn’t have done that in Munich" (BR24)

Borussia Dortmund set a new Bundesliga record in their win against Mainz on Saturday: They led at half-time for the 10th league game in a row - a new milestone. They've led at HT against: M05, Wolfsburg, Heidenheim, Union, St. Pauli, Kiel, Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim and Gladbach.

Let us make sense of the chaos - Gladbach’s problems run deeper than just the head coach - Frankfurt are great going forward, but lack maturity in defence - 8 goals in 2 games. #BMGSGE

PLAYER RATINGS | Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-6 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 goals in what will be a Bundesliga classic. However, for Gladbach, the result highlights even more problems within the club. GGFN MOTM: 🇩🇿 Fares Chaibi (8) ✍️ @jackmeenan.bsky.social

Bundesliga #noticing - Kovac has given Dortmund stability + they win without Guirassy - Leipzig next week will be their first big test. - Leverkusen defensively are good (Quansah, Bade, Tapsoba), but in attack, considering their quality, is not enough.

3 things we learnt from the Bundesliga Konferenz: ⚫️🟡 Dortmund seem like the only team that can challenge Bayern Munich this season. ⚫️🔴 Leverkusen's backline shines again. 🐂 The Bayern game came too early for RB Leipzig. ✍️ @jackmeenan.bsky.social

Borussia Dortmund lost 3-1 and 3-0 on their last two visits to Mainz, but are currently leading 2-0 via two superb counter-attacking goals after M05's Paul Nebel earlier hit the post. BVB maintaining their excellent consistency.

FT | Bayern Munich 4-0 Werder Bremen - Five successive wins and 22 goals to kickstart Bayern's Bundesliga campaign; Harry Kane with a brace, becoming the quickest player to reach 100 goals. One positive for Bremen? Karl Hein looked impressive with a commanding presence.

🆕 What next for Borussia Mönchengladbach? With the club at a crossroads, Gladbach must learn from their mistakes of the past 4 years and start heading forward instead of backwards. ✍️ @jackmeenan.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Florian Wirtz on the fee that Liverpool paid: "The coach told me that here in the squad, you don't have to put any pressure on yourself about how much you cost or didn't cost, because it feels like everyone around you could cost just as much if they were playing somewhere else." (Sky Germany)

Preview | Bayern Munich vs Werder Bremen It could be a historic night should Bayern Munich extend their winning run. ⚽️ Harry Kane close to new record. 3⃣0⃣0⃣th appearance for Kimmich & Goretzka. 🟢 ⚪️ Horst Steffen's game plan & more. ✍️ @getfootballnewsgermany.com bit.ly/46zaIF2

⚫️🟡 Borussia Dortmund are looking to set a price tag of €100m for Serhou Guirassy. (Bild) 🤔 Barcelona are interested in the 29-year-old 💰 However, Sky reports that Guirassy has a release clause for certain clubs worth €60-75m, Barca are one of those clubs.

Providing there are no further setbacks, Fabio Silva is set to make his debut in Borussia Dortmund's matchday squad for their Bundesliga game against Mainz. (RN)

Oliver Burke trained alone today after his flight was cancelled, delaying his return to Union Berlin following a day off. (Kicker)

🇪🇸 Former Real Madrid Castilla head coach Raul is said to be interested in the Borussia Mönchengladbach job. (Sport Bild) ❌ Gladbach have yet to hold any talks with external candidates, as they are currently backing interim Eugen Polanski.

🔴 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on when he and Uli Hoeneß will step aside at Bayern Munich: "We will continue this until we feel that everything is 100 % in order. Unfortunately, it wasn't 100% before...So when everything is, we will hand over the keys to our successors. (Sport Bild)

Research from @11freunde.de and @correctiv.org has shown that there is an abuse problem in German football. Cases range from back in 1970 to 2025, with some coaches still being involved in youth football. You can read about it more below: correctiv.org/aktuelles/ge...

🇩🇪 Liverpool's Florian Wirtz speaking to Sky Germany: "Of course, I would have liked to have scored a goal or collected a few assists. But no matter what anyone says, I'm staying cool. I know what I'm capable of, and I also know that I'll really bring it to the pitch at some point"

⚫️🟡 Contract negotiations between Borussia Dortmund and Nico Schlotterbeck will be pretty straightforward. (WAZ) 🫸 There was an agreement to wait until Schlotterbeck was fit again before entering negotiations. 💰 The 25-year-old could double his salary to €10m.

GGFN Team of the Week - Matchday 4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Oliver Burke (Union Berlin) 🇪🇸 Chema Andres (Stuttgart) ⁉️ And more 👇

⚒️ Steffen Baumgart is facing two repercussions following his red card. One for the red card and two for sticking out his middle finger. The Union coach isn't worried: 🗣️"If someone expects an apology or expects me to say I'll do better next time, I'm too emotional to give a 100 percent guarantee."

Not sure if UK fans know it but you can now watch every game from the 2. Bundesliga (the second tier) live on the Bundesliga YouTube channel. Huge crowds, wild atmosphere & a madcap league. Commentated yesterday on Darmstadt who jumped from 8th before the game to 1st. Try it!

🐎 Internally, Borussia Mönchengladbach highly believe in interim head coach Eugen Polanski and his qualities and is hoping he will be a 'bull's eye hire'. (kicker) 👀 Gladbach are also still searching the coaching market.

🔵 Schalke are set to fire director of football, Ben Manga, with immediate effect. (Bild) ❓ There had been internal doubts about Manga for a while, following several poor decisions.

☕️ 📰 #Bundesliga MD4 Review: ⚽️ Hat-trick Harry. ⚒️ Union Upset Frankfurt. 🐎 Gladbach score! 🔵 HSV win & much more. ✍️ @getfootballnewsgermany.com Everything you need to know form MD4 ⤵️ bit.ly/4nMPyKF

Paul Simonis on Wolfsburg's defeat vs Dortmund: "We were too passive in the first half; it wasn’t good from us. We showed a bit more initiative and aggression in the second period [...] I’m obviously not satisfied with the result, but I did see a team that can match up to a Champions League side."

Niko Kovač on Borussia Dortmund's performance vs Wolfsburg: "We were fresh, we were energetic and we gave pretty much nothing away."

Gladbach have life A good performance, and they actually look like an interesting and potentially fun side once again. Kevin Stöger SZN. Leverkusen however, looking like a one man team in Grimaldo.

Player Ratings | Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gladbach score their 1st goal of the season with a late equaliser against Leverkusen to draw their first game under Eugen Polanski. GGFN MOTM: Alejandro Grimaldo (7) ✍️ @jackmeenan.bsky.social

A huge boost for Borussia Dortmund as Nico Schlotterbeck returns, and starts, five months after suffering a meniscus injury.

Another Bundesliga record for Harry Kane - he becomes the first player in Germany's top flight to convert each of his 17 penalties.

Bundesliga #noticing Kohr will eventually become the dirtiest player (statistically) in the league’s history. It could even happen this season. Plus Augsburg and the Roman Empire debunked.

3 things we learnt from the Bundesliga Konferenz 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane is better without Jamal Musiala 😡 Dominik Kohr is (statistically) the dirtiest player in the league. 💪 Hamburg wins their first game of the season ✍️ @jackmeenan.bsky.social

In Freiburg's 3-0 win against Werder Bremen, Noah Atubolu (23) became the first goalkeeper to save five penalties in a row in the Bundesliga - stopper.

After a seven-year absence, Hamburg pick up their first win in the Bundesliga since May 2018 following a 2-1 win against Heidenheim.