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Evening from Dortmund-Lille 👋

🥹🥹My Sweet Deutscher Prinz

The 2. Bundesliga doing 2. Bundesliga things.

[about to become even more wrong] to be clear,

Leverkusen’s Nathan Tella - not only a decent baller, he’s got decent film game as well… 😏

Nice to see @archiert1.bsky.social with Eintracht legend Jan Age Fjörtoft pitchside today. Day off today so a chance to enjoy the coverage.

Joshua Kimmich? “I hope he will stay.” Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund with us before the Stuttgart game on ESPNFC

Stuttgart-Bayern or working title: Komm mit mir ins Schwabenteuerland! Much at stake… 👀

Alaaf 🫡🔴⚪️🥳

On the one side you have every writer, artist, musician, actor, director, and comedian ever to create anything worthwhile, on the other you have Elon Musk, Bankman-Fried, and people whose idea of artistic creation is to type "big titty Supergirl" as a prompt. Of course Labour side with the latter.

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

I just want to put it out there that I am still looking/available for any paid remote recruitment work within football (club or consultancy). I've done public analysis for nearly a decade, and have a bit of experience working within the game as well during the early parts of Covid (2020-21)

“The problem is: if you press, it costs a lot of energy. Then if we have the ball + you lose it directly, you have to press after 30 seconds again, it’s very exhausting.” Found this interesting from Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller. Tactical breakdown of their 0-4 at Bayern. #SGE

Servus aus München! Bayern without Harry Kane in the starting lineup today against Eintracht Frankfurt but with this man’s hat who I met outside Fröttmaning.

Borussia Dortmund’s anti-racist fan initiative @ballspielvereint.bsky.social held several banners against the far-right AfD party, which is expected to become Germany’s second largest party in the federal elections. “Borussia stays true to its values: against the AfD!” #BTW2025

Narrative. Narrative. Narrative.

Years these ties should actually be taking place: Club Brugge vs Aston Villa: 1983 Borussia Dortmund vs Lille: 2013 Real vs Atletico: 2016 Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen: 2002 PSV vs Arsenal: 2007 Feyenoord vs Inter: 1973 PSG vs Liverpool: 2025, tbf Benfica vs Barcelona: timeless, lovely

Liverpool, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Atletico, PSG and Aston Villa all on one side of the Champions League draw. Actually feels a bit like last season's in how lopsided it is. Bayern and Barca on the other side but neither feel very convincing. Maybe a big chance for Leverkusen.

Darmstadt, ich habe zwar vergessen, es hier öffentlich zu machen, aber bitte kommt zu meinem Vortrag heute Abend 🥺

I can only operate on the assumption that this could happen 500 times a day and journalists would still describe it as a 'controversial hand gesture' Media: you are actively and unforgivably helping murderous racists and violent bigots when you do this. Stop, we are begging you

🗣️RC Strasbourg manager Liam Rosenior talking to BBC Sport: “My ultimate goal isn't to be in the Premier League.” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Bit of reaction from Jamal Musiala to extending his deal at Bayern until 2030 and a fun little snipe in the direction of Alphonso Davies…

📍Cologne @archiert1.bsky.social

Here‘s my ESPN Bundesliga column, this week devoted to Saturday‘s Meistergipfel, Leverkusen-Bayern. All comments welcome. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

What made Twitter grow was Retweeting, but interaction changed when a Like button was introduced. So hard to find good follows when people don't crop up in your timeline. People who followed you over there don't know you're here either. I'd encourage people to repost good stuff as a civic duty! #FF

Writing a tribute to Paddy was tough; but here is what some of his many friends wanted to say. I hope he knew how much we loved him. footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/tr...

Hatte ein nettes Gespräch mit @larspollmann.bsky.social. www.fussball.news/1-bundesliga...

Holy smokes, for the first time since 2013-14, a team not called Wolfsburg will win the Pokal this season

Tomorrow’s @theguardian.com FW @barryglendenning.bsky.social @archiert1.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social Ewan Murray Any questions?

ESPN+ will have special coverage of the Leverkusen-Bayern „Spitzenspiel“ on Saturday. 1-hour build up with @kaylmurray.bsky.social & Ale Moreno flying in to present pitchside with @archiert1.bsky.social & Thomas Hitzlsperger. Stewart Robson with me from the the Medientribüne for live comms. #B04FCB

It feels like Deutsche Bahn is trying to push me towards going to Mainz-Augsburg.

Harry Kane, 31 years young, still counts his goals. A lot of time for that.

👋At Bayern Munich-Werder Bremen tonight for ESPN.

Truly abysmal goings-on at the Mirror, as reported in Private Eye. Literally holding my head in my hands reading this.