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After the last-minute transfers of Rafael van der Vaart (€13m from Tottenham Hotspur), Milan Badelj (€4m from Dinamo Zagreb) and Petr Jiracek (€4m from VfL Wolfsburg) at the end of August, HSV have slowly overcome a poor start to the 2012/2013 season and started to collect points while improving their style of play and organization [...]

Schalke need to keep hold of Lewis Holtby until the end of the season to progress up the table and have a chance at the final Champions League spot. English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur had hoped Holtby would be joining them in the winter transfer widow but that seems unlikely now with Schalke rejecting [...]

After a long cold pause, the Bundesliga resumed this weekend in the exciting and unpredictable fashion we’ve come to love.  Schalke and Hannover played out what will go down as one of the most memorable Bundesliga matches in recent memory while Leverkusen, Dortmund and Bayern all continued their fine form atop the table.  Freiburg and [...]

FC Augsburg earned only its second win of the season on the MatchDay 18 restart of the 2012/2013 Bundesliga season, narrowly defeating hosts Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-2 in the final contest of the post-winter break restart weekend.  Sunday’s thrilling match between the two lower-berth clubs echoed the excitement generated by the first match of the weekend, the [...]