Hansi Flick got the boot after the German national team got embarrassed by Japan, losing 1-4 at home. Then interim German FA sports director and legend of German football, Rudi Völler, swooped in as a replacement coach for one game only - and they beat France 2-1.
Of course the focus is on two losers of the deadline day, Frankfurt and Bayern. Frankfurt are very rich losers, who decided to let go of Kolo Muani for somewhere north of 90 million Euros, even after the german transfer window had closed on friday, meaning they'll have to wait till january to sign a replacement with all that cash. The other deadline losers are Bayern München, who failed to sign Palhinha from Fulham and a replacement for Benjamin Pavard, simply because they ran out of time. Unprofessional much?
We'll take a look at what's in store for the German clubs in the Champions League!
He joined us to give a rather gloomy perspective on a Dortmund side that's just not been right, since Klopp left many moons ago.
the new season in Germany's top flight Erste Bundesliga has kicked off with some spectacular scoring. 34 goals in 9 matches!
at the eve of the new Bundesliga season, traditionally German football kicks off with the DFB Pokal first round where upsets are the rule and teams from lower leagues can kick out Bundesliga teams. This year, Augsburg, Bremen and Christoph's VfL Bochum were the victims.
The German Cup competitions kick off the coming season this weekend with champions Bayern München and DFB-Pokal winners Leipzig playing for the Super Cup on Saturday evening, while the first round of DFB-Pokal takes place spread out over the weekend.
Our special guest is once again Ronnie Reng, journalist and author of some of the best football books in Germany and die hard Eintracht Frankfurt supporter. He'll provide insights on local rival and newly promoted SV Darmstadt 98, heavy favorites to get relegated right back down to the second Bundesliga.
Then we'll take a thorough look at the top, where Raphael's Bayern München are looking to secure the services of Harry Kane to fill the void in the opponent's box, that has been open since Lewandowski left. Will coach Tuchel be able to rally the troops this year to ward...
Sports writer Günther Klein from Munich-based daily paper Münchner Merkur, who knows about what's going on at the lesser Bavarian team, FC Augsburg and a real star of the German football scene, Arnd Zeigler, stadium announcer for Werder Bremen, host of a TV show that deals with the funny side of football with fails and bloopers and such and a radio host and fellow podcaster. As a bonus we get to hear his little daughter in the background, who he picked up from kindergarten before joining us.
He's joining us from his holidays in southern Italy to discuss his favorite team Schalke as well as Bayer Leverkusen, a team he covers professionally. A word of warning, the cicadas outside of his apartment are putting on one hell of a show...