Berlin (AP) – Bayern Munich has regained it Bundesliga Last season’s throne. Vincent Company and Harry Kane are looking for another title to integrate their rules and build their own dynasty.
Advances Friday’s opening game of the league season between Bayern and Leipzig, the defending champions remain the team, with the role of the nearest challenger being wide open.
Most of the most likely candidates were Bayer Levalkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgart, Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt who lost key players. Few people have made outstanding signatures since last season.
The only team to beat Bayern’s edge in the last 13 years, Leverkusen has a major overhaul of the side that won the Bundesliga in 2024. Former Manchester United manager Eric Ten Hugh Leading a rebuilt team A new start.
Bid for Bayern’s glory
Lewis Diaz arrival It presents a new offensive threat to Bayern from Liverpool. Bavaria lifted the German Super Cup.
In Kane’s third season as Bayern’s star striker, the structure around him is no longer a holdover from the club’s Robert Lewandowski era.
Leroy Sane, Thomas MullerKingsley Coman and Matthew’s calls have all gone. This slim team will need Diaz and experienced Serge Gunaburie.
The biggest pressure may lie in Michael Ollise. Long-term injury at the Club World Cup means Jamal Mujara Maybe they won’t come back before 2026usually leaves Oris, a winger, to take on a less familiar role in the center. Last season, 20 goals and 23 assists were a strong start, but the Ollies were mostly on the right.
Tah adds strength and experience to the defense after signing from Leverkusen. Company can call out some exciting young midfielders after Tom Bischoff and Renato Carl shine in the preseason.
Bellingham in Dortmund – Again
From Jude to Job, there’s Bellingham running through Dortmund’s midfield again.
Only 19 years old, the young Bellingham brothers signed from Sunderland and quickly saw their home when they made their Dortmund debut at the Club World Cup.
Jobe Bellingham It is an outstanding new arrival among the group that will become Bayern challengers. Leverkusen bid farewell to many title winners, Frankfurt bids farewell to Hugo Ekiticke and goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, and Jamie Gittens left Dortmund for Chelsea.
Prior to Jürgen Klopp’s first full season as Red Bull’s global football manager, Leipzig reportedly spent 110 million euros ($180 million) on seven young players. Brazilian striker Romulo The oldest of 23 – but Lost Benjamin šeško To Manchester United.
There may be more signatures before the transfer window closes September 1st. In particular, Leverkusen and Frankfurt have earned far more than they have spent so far.
How long will it take to go back?
The biggest challenge for the promotion team Hamburger SV and Cologne is staying in the top division.
Cologne revives veteran coach Freed Fancl for the last two games and confirms his return Second Division Championhowever, Paderborn’s former coach Lucas Kwasniok was appointed to ensure it stays.
Hamburg was the longest-lasting founding member of the Bundesliga, but endured seven seasons apart. Highly elevated We will eventually secure a return After Natsu imagined it, he gave way to a plain reality. Hamburg needed extra time to pass the five-story Pilmens in the first round of the German Cup last weekend.
Merlin Polzin’s team will launch the Bundesliga campaign at Borussia Menchenradbach on Sunday, and are confident that it will become an emotional city derby the following weekend.
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Eringworth was reported by Dusseldorf, Germany.
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