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Holger Hieronymus, CEO of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH, gives the lowdown on the revived play-off system in the weekly interview.
bundesliga.de: Herr Hieronymus, this will be the first season that play-offs have been held since 1991. Why did the DFL reintroduce them?
Holger Hieronymus: The play-offs were always a source of drama and excitement in [...]

Oliver Kahn is keeping his options open. Ahead of his testimonial next Tuesday, the former German national goalkeeper told the magazine Sport Bild, “First off I'll be doing the things I enjoy. I'm not in any hurry, and I'd like to take some time to explore what's best for me now.”
Kahn's name comes up repeatedly [...]

With reports this morning indicating that Robinho’s move to London had broken down due to Madrid’s failure to find a suitable replacement, MD proposes a solution that could already be in the works.
With Madrid short on forward options but with plenty of wide talent, it could be the case that they seek a striker instead [...]

Fabio Capello’s tenure as England head coach has run through nine months and five international friendlies. During that time he has visited numerous grounds up and down the country, scouting the talent at his disposal. On one Sunday he impressively managed to watch one lunch-time kick off, then make the afternoon [...]

Oddo: Set for exit?
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani admits Massimo Oddo could leave the club this summer.
The transfer window is due to close on 1st September, but a deal involving the full-back may be struck before that time.
Ligue 1 champions Lyon are known to have expressed an interest in the Italy international, keen [...]

Obinna: Everton-bound?
Everton are reportedly close to the loan capture of Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna, according to widespread reports in Italy.
The 21-year-old Nigerian spent last season at Chievo and played a key role in the club’s promotion to Serie A, but has now signed a new three-year at Inter - who helped finance [...]

Shevchenko: Gone back to Milan
Peter Kenyon believes Andriy Shevchenko provided value for money during his time at Chelsea.
The Blues chief executive was defending accusations that the recently departed Ukrainian striker had proved to be an expensive flop at Stamford Bridge.
The 31-year-old arrived in England for Ј30million back in 2006, bringing with him a [...]

Not content with snapping up Marcell Jansen and Alex Silva on Wednesday, Hamburger SV are looking to complete a third big-name signing.
As HSV press spokesman Jörn Wolf confirmed on the N24 news channel on Thursday, the club also have much sought-after midfielder Thiago Neves in their sights.
Speaking on sports channel DSF later, president [...]

Eintracht Frankfurt finished last season ninth in the table. Accordingly, much was expected of coach Friedhelm Funkel's side this time around.
Those expectations have so far been confounded, however. Two games in, Frankfurt find themselves 15th in the table, having followed up an opening day 2-0 defeat at home to Hertha BSC with a draw [...]

The Spaniard was struck down with a calf injury before joining the Villans from Rangers earlier this month, and has yet to make an appearance for the midlands side.
Cuellar missed the early part of Rangers’ SPL season and also missed their Champions League humiliation at the hands of Kaunas.
Had the 26-year-old played in [...]