Fox News - Fair & Balanced

Toni Kroos

Stoppage Time: Gotze's Bayern move raises plenty of questions

With just over 24 hours until the club's monumental Champions League semifinal encounter with Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund was rocked by the news that Mario Gotze will not be wearing the bright yellow kit that he has donned for over a decade.Gotze, who joined Dortmund's youth academy as an 8-year-old, has established himself as one of Europe hottest properties. He has become a vital cog in Jurgen Klopp's well-oiled machine that won consecutive Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012.Playing as well as he has since making his first-team debut in 2009, Gotze was a virtual certainty to make the big-money move to a European club of greater stature at some point in his early career.Unfortunately for Dortmund fans, that day has come sooner rather than later, and it was precipitated by the club's title rival in Bayern Munich.The Bavarians, fresh off retaining the Bundesliga title following its two-year vacation at Signal Iduna Park, wasted no time in aiding incumbent manager Pep Guardiola with s...

Read More

  1. Five-star Bayern thrashes Hannover

    Bayern Munich cruised to comfortable victory on Saturday, thrashing Hannover 5-0 at the Allianz Arena.Five different scorers helped the Bundesliga leaders complete t...

  2. Bayern hammers Hamburg

    Bayern Munich went seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after the club strolled to a 3-0 win at Hamburg.After winning its first eight games in...

  3. Ribery keeps Bayern perfect in Bundesliga

    Franck Ribery scored twice as Bayern Munich maintained its perfect start in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 2-0 win over Hoffenheim at the Allianz Arena.Bayern suf...

  4. Spain, Germany roll in World Cup qualifying

    Pedro scored a hat trick and added an assist as Spain returned to form Friday with a 4-0 win at Belarus in UEFA qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.Spain fai...

  5. Bayern downs Mainz to continue perfect start

    Mario Mandzukic and Bastian Schweinsteiger scored inside 13 minutes and Toni Kroos added a late goal as Bayern Munich won 3-1 over Mainz on Saturday to continue its ...

  6. Manchester United survives Galatasaray scare

    Manchester United's Champions League campaign last season was characterized by nervous play and uninspiring finishes.The club's first European match of this season y...

  7. Dortmund's unbeaten streak snapped by Hamburg

    Hamburg picked up its first win of the Bundesliga campaign, and in the process brought an end to Borussia Dortmund's 31-game league unbeaten streak with a 3-2 victor...

  8. Bayern hopes to continue perfect start

    Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes had to be cautious of a hangover after last season's trio of runner-up finishes, but his side has responded with a perfect start in...

  9. Bayern rolls over Stuttgart

    Bayern Munich won for the second time in as many games on Sunday with a resounding 6-1 triumph at home against Stuttgart.Thomas Muller scored two goals for Bayern, w...

  10. Olympic Football Isn't Being Taken Seriously, And It Shows

    Olympic men's football is nowhere near the level of play that it should be. That sucks.On the face of it, men's Olympic football doesn't sound like a particularly ba...

  11. Stoppage Time: Bayern Munich poised to reclaim throne

    Bayern Munich finished second in all three competitions it competed in last season. Yes, it was a poor season in Bavaria. But the record German champions will not be...

  12. Italy flexes muscles against Germany

    Italy striker Mario Balotelli ripped off his jersey, flexed his muscles, and waited for teammates to arrive to celebrate.Less than 36 minutes into the Euro 2012 semi...

  1. Bayern's Kroos sidelined by groin injury

    Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks because of a groin injury suffered in Bayern's 2-0 Champions League triumph over Juventus ...

  2. Bayern eases past Arsenal at the Emirates

    Bayern Munich piled more misery on Arsenal by claiming a 3-1 win at the Emirates in Champions League play on Tuesday, putting the German side in pole position to adv...

  3. Stoppage Time: Wenger's downfall almost complete

    Arsene Wenger could not have imagined his week transpiring in the manner in which it did.The Frenchman deployed an undeniably weakened side in the FA Cup last weeken...

  4. Mandzukic's double lifts Bayern

    Mario Mandzukic netted a second-half double as Bayern Munich cruised to a 3-0 win over Mainz on Saturday at the Coface Arena.The league leaders opened the scoring fo...

  5. Mandzukic leads Bayern past Greuther Furth

    A goal in each half from Mario Mandzukic allowed Bayern Munich to maintain its nine-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga as Bayern topped last-place Greuther Furt...

  6. Stoppage Time: Guardiola finds himself in familiar territory

    Pep Guardiola sure knows how to pick 'em.His first major role as manager came in 2008 when he inherited the Barcelona post from Frank Rijkaard and went on to lead th...

  7. Dortmund salvages draw at Bayern

    Bayern Munich remained comfortably on top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena.Bayern's stellar start to the ca...

‹ Prev12345Next ›