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1. FSV Mainz 05 have completed the signing of Marcus Ingvartsen on a permanent basis from Union Berlin. The 26-year-old attacker, who arrived on loan at the start of 2021/22 including an option to buy, played 27 times in all competitions for the Zerofivers this season, scoring seven goals, including a brace on the final day against Eintracht Frankfurt.

After three years on the chest, Aroundtown will now become sleeve partners in the Europa League and the DFB-Pokal with the start of the 2022/2023 season. Supporting the Eisern’s young talent also remains a declared goal of the partnership. Both the U19 and U17s of 1. FC Union Berlin will continue to wear the well-known Aroundtown lettering on their jerseys.

The Wolves host VfL Bochum in their Bundesliga Matchday 12 fixture on Saturday 29 October (kick-off 15:30 CEST). The Green-and-Whites are currently on a four-game unbeaten run in the league, although their last victory came just over three weeks ago.

Sutton has taken issue with some of Conte’s recent comments as he believes the Spurs manager has been looking for excuses.

“The training sessions have gone very well for those who were here,” said the BVB coach, as he reflected positively on the past fortnight. A lot of intensive work was conducted in small groups. That period went less well for some of the international players. Alina Grijseels, for example, could not make an appearance in the German national team’s second game against Poland. “She’s unfortunately still suffering from her dead leg. Lisa Antl and Zoë Sprengers also have minor problems. We’ll see how we can deal with it.”

Koné and Bensebaini return to team training The Foals began preparations for Saturday’s home game against...

SV Werder Bremen travel to Gelsenkirchen on Saturday (29/04, 18:30 CEST) in search of their second away win in a row. “You could tell that the team received a massive boost from the special scenes we witnessed in Berlin,” said head coach Ole Werner. “As nice as that experience was, it won’t count for anything against Schalke this weekend.”

As we have recently learned from Austrian media, former VfL player Sergej Mandreko has passed away...

Bayern Munich defender Benjamin Pavard is not thrilled with being benched the past two games and more details are coming out about his situation. Let’s take a look: