I mentioned at the bottom of yesterday’s entry that Bild have an English language site now and that it might be a good place to keep up with events in Germany.
I completely forgot of course that Guardian Unlimited has an excellent Deutschland correspondent itself and that he writes a brilliantly concise and witty weekly column on the weekend that was. Raphael Honigstein, who also makes regular appearances on the site’s excellent podcast (see left), is the top English-speaking Bundesliga journalist that I have come across thus far and deserves to be read by everyone. It’s only an anomaly that he was not one of the first name I added to the relevant section on the left before now. Consider it rectified.
He not only covers the stories you would expect but also gives mention to news that cannot be gleamed from skimming results, scorers and league tables. This week’s piece mentioned horrific lacerations, the story of the club with 49 fans who currently top the table and, of course, why Klinsmann is already under pressure in Munich. Make sure to add him to your regular reading list.
In other German news: Pizarro has cut short his miserable spell in West London by moving to Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen have signed Michal Kadlec and Zidan has been handed the number 10 shirt by his new employers.
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