Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich

There are many reasons. The entire club, the environment and everything offered here convinced me to stay for more years. That played a big role, especially the last couple of years, in which I've felt very at home. I've experienced many wonderful moments here, like my first championship, but also difficult times due to injuries, during which the club provided invaluable support. Therefore it quickly became clear to me that I wanted to stay for two more years.

What an honour for Franziska Kett! The FC Bayern Women defender has been named the Elite Student of the Year in Munich by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), in partnership with the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV). Kett was selected out of several young female and male athletes in a vote with representatives of the schools and the Olympic centre.

That said, Lennart Karl has been scoring at a similar rate in his young Champions League career so far, with three goals in five outings. The 17-year-old attacker is now on the verge of another milestone: should he feature on Wednesday, it will be his sixth Champions League appearance before his 18th birthday. That would draw him level with Julian Draxler in this statistic, with only Youssoufa Moukoko having made more appearances in Europe's elite competition before turning 18 (eight).

It is TRUE: Everton, Marseille and Lyon hold interest in Sacha Boey. There is interest, especially from France! But Boey doesn't want to move! So everyone is a little irritated. But the fact of the matter is he's currently earning a lot of money at Bayern. They also paid a big transfer fee for him. I don't know why, but he's feeling confident in Munich.

It is TRUE: Bayern Munich are considering Vasco Da Gama's Rayan Vitor as a potential signing. The club is keeping a close eye on the Brazilian. They're not yet sure when would be the right time to bring the 19-year-old to Munich. Harry Kane is still here and is in the best shape of his career. At the moment, the position is quite secure, and Bayern want to give Kane a new contract.

Nicolas Jackson 's Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 after extra-time in the final to win the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday night. The Bayern striker started and played until added time of the regular 90 minutes. Pape Gueye scored the only goal for the Lions of Teranga in the fourth minute of extra-time to give Senegal their second continental title after 2021's edition.

Borussia Dortmund and Celtic appeared to have settled on a draw in the opening match in Group B, until Mladen Petrić popped up with a brilliant scissor kick with two seconds left on the clock to earn BVB a 2-1 win. In their second fixture against Real Madrid Leyendas, the Black-and-Yellows made it less tense as ex-Bayern man Mats Hummels opened the scoring in a 4-1 win, which confirmed Dortmund as group winners. That left a shootout for second place between Real and Celtic.

FC Bayern kick off the Rückrunde on Saturday with an away game at RB Leipzig. Despite having 47 points and a goal difference of 66:13 - the best-ever first half of a Bundesliga season - and a comfortable 11-point lead over second place, the start of the second half of the season is kind of a new beginning for Vincent Kompany: "We're starting from scratch again," stressed the record champions' head coach.

Another two regular starters on the injury list spark a serious personnel crisis for Bayern Munich after Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, and Sacha Boey are all ruled out. The long list of absentees inflicts a devastating blow to Bayern's rotation potential amid a congested January and February fixture when Die Roten will have to play six games in little more than two weeks. This run of matches includes a hard-fought battle against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga as well as two Champions League matches.

Bayern Munich continued their unbeaten run in the Bundesliga on Wednesday with a comfortable 3-1 win against FC Koln. The Bavarian club had to come from 1-0 down to clinch the victory as the hosts scored first late in the first half. Courtesy of the win on Wednesday, Bayern remain top of the Bundesliga with a lead of 11 points. After beating FC Koln, Vincent Kompany's men broke an impressive Bundesliga record.

There's an absolute highlight coming up! On Sunday, 18 January, the FC Bayern 2026 Legends Cup takes place at SAP Garden in Munich. Football nostalgics in particular will get their money's worth at the tournament, which is set up in the style of old-school indoor football competitions. Numerous legends of world football will be competing and aiming to prove they still have what it takes. The FCB squad includes Arjen Robben, Franck Ribéry, Lothar Matthäus and Jürgen Klinsmann, among others..

The FC Bayern World Squad has established itself as a cornerstone of our international youth development programme. Every talented player has the opportunity to surpass themselves at the highest level and thus take decisive steps towards a career in professional football. We not only nurture sporting abilities, but also character and mentality. This is how the professional players of tomorrow can develop.

The young centre-back has also been offered to Bayern via his agent, and while the German giants do want to sign him immediately, they will continue to monitor his progress. Vuskovic jas made 14 starts in the Bundesliga this season, scoring three goals. The young defender was superb in Hamburg's 2-1 loss to Freiburg, scoring one goal. He is seen as one of the top talents in the Bundesliga, and Spurs will be delighted by his progress.

But in the final two games of the first half of the campaign in the new year, the Munich men have further underlined their superiority in emphatic fashion and now set an incredible record to boot! With 47 points and a goal difference of +53, head coach Vincent Kompany 's men have completed the best first half of a season in the history of the German top flight.

Sofascore gave him just a 6.9 rating, which we think was not justified, considering his stellar display on the eye test. He is the most underappreciated and underrated player in the Allianz Arena's thrashing of Wolfsburg. The 20-year-old owned the midfield. He completed a whopping 89 out of 92 passes, a near-perfect game in terms of passing. The 89 passes include eight accurate long balls and nine progressive passes.