In his first interview with FCA TV, the 19-year-old Belgian spoke about his first impressions of the club and the reasons he chose to become a Fuggerstädter: “The Bundesliga fits my style of play well,” said Engels, an academy graduate from Club Brugge who feels best on the right flank and in the centre of midfield. The Belgian has represented his country at U19 level nine times so far.

283 minutes, 5 goals and 2 assists later (at a rate of a goal/assist every 40 MINUTES), though, and it’s safe to say perceptions have changed quite a bit. Now Choupo-Moting is the star striker coach Julian Nagelsmann was looking for to replace Robert Lewandowski and lead the Bavarian club into a new age of unprecedented glory, putting teams from Augsburg in the DFB-Pokal to FC Barcelona in the Champions League to the sword.

The first international break of 2023 has arrived, with the qualification campaign for EURO 2024 in Germany getting underway. Five Hertha players have been called up to represent their countries.

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Since 2018, Babak Keyhanfa has worked as an assistant coach with Bo Svensson. He initially worked with the Mainz U19s in the youth academy, and then he moved to FC Liefering in Austria. He was been with the FSV first team since January 2021. We spoke to Keyhanfa ahead of Sunday’s clash with AUE in the first round of the DFB-Pokal (18:00 CEST).

After visiting his national team colleagues in Guinea last week, Serhou Guirassy is participating in parts of team training again.

Hertha go into 2022/23 with 10 new players, and the hopes of a successful start. Last year they finished 16th. Though after 34 games they were level on points with VfB Stuttgart, due to a worse goal difference they had to play in the relegation playoff to remain in the Bundesliga.

FC Bayern Munich scored three early goals as the record Bundesliga champions beat VfL Wolfsburg 4-2 at a sold-out Volkswagen Arena on Sunday evening. Julian Nagelsmann’s side produced a ruthless attacking performance, taking an early 2-0 lead thanks to Kingsley Coman’s brace (9’, 14’) before Thomas Müller added a third (18’). Substitute Jakub Kaminski’s first Bundesliga goal reduced the arrears two minutes before half-time and Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich was shown a second yellow card nine minutes into the second half, but Jamal Musiala restored the visitors’ three-goal advantage (73’). Mattias Svanberg’s effort nine minutes from time was merely a consolation for Niko Kovac’s team, who return to action on Matchday 20 against FC Schalke 04 on Friday 10 February (kick-off 20:30 CET).

The Sun report Ten Hag is ‘furious’ and wants Ronaldo out of the club having fined the 37-year-old two weeks wages, amounting to £720,000, for defying his manager.