Bundesliga

With Xabi Alonso’s unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen heading to the London Stadium and a Europa League quarter-final second-leg date with West Ham, David Moyes side have a mountain to climb if they want to turn around the two-goal first-leg deficit. The Hammers have to come out and attack from the first whistle, and whilst that’s not beyond them, Moyes tends to …

This article was originally published on the Daily Briefing, a subscription service. If you would like to receive Charles Watts’ exclusive transfer columns via email ahead of publication on caughtoffside.com, please sign-up for the service here: thedailybriefing.io. Sunday was a disaster for Arsenal, especially following on from the events at Anfield prior to kick-off. Liverpool’s home defeat to Crystal Palace gave Mikel …

Man United are still interested in bringing Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy to Old Trafford this summer as the striker continues his impressive season in the Bundesliga.  The 28-year-old has performed beyond Stuttgart’s expectations of him having signed the striker last summer from Rennes. Guirassy has featured in 25 matches for the Bundesliga outfit this season and has netted 27 goals to …

Tottenham are hoping to extend the loan of RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner rather than triggering their option-to-buy clause in the German’s current deal.  That is according to HITC, who reports Spurs are happy to keep the 28-year-old but do not seem to want to trigger his buy clause despite it not being expensive. Werner joined Tottenham on loan in January …

Arsenal have good connections with Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins through his representatives, according to Charles Watts, but a move is not looking likely this summer and has never been particularly concrete at any point. Speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside for his latest Daily Briefing column, Watts explained that he’s a big fan of Watkins, who also supported the Gunners growing …

Arsenal and Liverpool have reportedly both enquired about the potential signing of Eintracht Frankfurt defender Willian Pacho ahead of this summer. The Ecuador international has impressed in his time in the Bundesliga and it seems he would be free to leave his current club this summer, provided someone comes in with an offer of around €50-60million for him, according to …

Liverpool are keeping an eye on Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt at the moment, according to transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano as he addressed links with Egyptian winger Omar Marmoush. The Reds have been linked with Marmoush in recent times and it seems there may be something to the story, according to Romano, who says the Merseyside giants are generally keeping …

Atletico Madrid have come back from 2-0 down in their Champions League quarter-final second leg match with Borussia Dortmund thanks to a leveller from Angel Correa.  Goals from Julian Brandt and Ian Maatsen gave Dortmund a 2-0 lead (3-2 on aggregate) lead at halftime but three changes from Diego Simeone at the break have made a huge difference. Atletico scored …

It’s been some 50 years since Germany won the World Cup with Franz Beckenbauer as captain. Eight years after losing the final at Wembley to England, Die Mannschaft lifted the trophy for the second time in their history, some 20 years after their first. Bernd Hoelzenbein passes away Time waits for no man of course, and those players who were …

Borussia Dortmund have levelled their Champions League quarter-final tie with Atletico Madrid courtesy of a Julian Brandt goal.  The German side trailed the tie 2-1 from the first leg last week and Edin Terzic’s side have been the better of the two teams in the opening 30 minutes of the second leg in Germany. Dortmund eventually got what they deserved …