Mr. Bayern himself Thomas Müller was quoted as saying this (via Bundesliga.com):

“Noah has become a permanent fixture in our squad over the past two years. He impressed in particular at the end of last season with his intelligence, versatility and technical skills,” said Jochen Saier. “We now want him to work hard and build on these performances. We are delighted to have another player in our team who came through our academy in Noah.”

For over a decade, Alexander Rosen has worked to help TSG achieve sporting success and has also been the face of the club to the outside world. One of the lessons learned from the past few months is the need to broaden the sporting ranks and represent TSG’s core business in the management board via a proven expert. “Alexander Rosen is held in high regard within the club and also by the many contact persons needed to successfully manage and develop a Bundesliga club,” TSG shareholder Dietmar Hopp said in praise of the new managing director.

Tom Krauß has left RB Leipzig to join 1. FSV Mainz 05. The 22-year-old played 32 Bundesliga games on loan for FC Schalke 04 last season.

1. FSV Mainz 05 play away to 1. FC Köln on Saturday afternoon on matchday 28. Kick off at the RheinEnergieStadion is at 15:30 CEST. Mainz will be looking to extend their eight-game unbeaten run in pursuit of a top-six finish. “We’re really up for it. I think it will be a game full of emotion,” explained head coach Bo Svensson at the pre-match press conference. Around 3,600 Mainz fans will make the journey to Cologne to support the club.

VfB have been back in pre-season training for a week now, and on Friday there was a different kind of session on the agenda: the customary DFL Media Day.

As the demand for tickets was significantly higher than the now newly defined upper capacity limit, all tickets booked to date will lose their validity. Day ticket holders will have their tickets automatically refunded. Four-ticket holders will not be charged.

The German Football League (DFL) has scheduled the first eight matchdays of the new Bundesliga season. All the Wolves’ opening games kick off at 15:30 CEST on a Saturday.

It was the Spanish giants who went in front at the start of the second half. Marcos Alonso found the net with a header following a cross from Raphinha.

Personnel matters: BVB coach Henk Groener was without left-winger Zoë Sprengers, who had suffered a bruised bone in the return leg of the European League quarter final against Nantes. B-Youth player Lara Egeling, who only recently turned 16, made her first-ever Bundesliga appearance.