Financial details were not disclosed but British media reported the German club paid €25 million euros ($27.2m) for the 30-year old.

And Gallas reckons it could impact Arsenal mentally if they don’t get a result against City tonight after only getting one point from their last two matches against Everton and Brentford.

Edin Terzic has had a close look at Saturday’s opponents. One day after overseeing his side’s 2-1 home win over Union Berlin, the BVB head coach sat in the stands in Bochum to watch Stuttgart pick up a 3-2 away win which lifted them out of the automatic relegation places. The Swabian club aren’t the easiest side to analyse this season in light of the four coaches they’ve had on the sidelines. In the reverse fixture, Pellegrino Matarazzo was still roaming the technical area. He was replaced by Michael Wimmer, who was then replaced by Bruno Labbadia. Sebastian Hoeness has been in the hot seat since the beginning of April.

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The coaching team around head coach Ole Werner will continue to coach the SVW Bundesliga team in the future. Assistant coaches Patrick Kohlmann, Hannes Drews and Tom Cichon signed early contract extensions. Clemens Fritz, head of professional football at Werder Bremen, announced the news on Wednesday.

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While Bayern came away from that game with a goal and a win, many observers and analysts noted that the team seemed stunted in attack, and could’ve done more with in the 1st half where Paris played without Kylian Mbappe. Nagelsmann’s explanation for leaving Muller out of the lineup was met with some skepticism.

1. FSV Mainz 05 drew 1-1 away against Hertha BSC on Saturday afternoon. Ludovic Ajorque’s stunning goal in the second half cancelled out a controversial Jessic Ngankam penalty for the hosts.

All other tests returned negative.

“When I arrived at the World Cup, I couldn’t even kick the ball, as my ankle was in unbearable agony. I was very happy to see Julian’s extraordinary form because he was able to give the squad something that at that moment I could not,” Martinez admitted.