Dortmund best of the rest as Bundesliga clubs grasp at Bayern Munich’s coattails | Andy Brassell
The move is in advanced talks territory. Source confidence is high with single-source support.
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BVB are re-energised while Leverkusen have stabilised but the question remains: can anyone stop the champions?The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup has a modicum more intensity than most of its European equivalents. There are many reasons for this. The Bundesliga’s traditional season curtain-raiser pitting league champions against cup winners is not played on neutral territory, giving it the feeling of a domestic game with proper stakes. German fans would also never accept it taking place on foreign soil, as the Borussia Dortmund managing director, Carsten Cramer, reiterated in clear terms over the…
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