Well, you all know that I am a VfB nerd. But, this is one for the funny files. The *wonderful* people with Bayern Munich have a tradition of appearing at Oktoberfest every year. This last Sunday, they kept with the tradition. Here are some of the photos from the event. Some of them are going to make you laugh, some will make you go "Awwww!", while others are just going to make you say, "WTF!?" Enjoy!!

Also, if anyone has a pic of Tymoshchuk at this, I would LOVE to have a linky link! :D

For more photos, please visit the following sites:

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Franck Ribery has hinted he could soon sign a new deal with Bayern Munich.

Ribery remained with the Bundesliga giants and has now revealed he could very well extend his contract which is set to expire in 2011.

"The club already knows what they want and I have on my side an idea of what could happen,'' he said. "In football things can sometimes happen really quickly. A simple meeting and everything could be decided. There have not yet been any meetings but that could happen really quickly.''

Ribery is still not 100% fit after a succession of leg injuries and is yet to make his first start of the season.

However, he came off the bench to score his side's third goal in their 5-1 drubbing of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday. And the 26-year-old insists he is loving life at the Allianz Arena.

He added: "I feel loved at Bayern. It makes me feel happy that important people at the heart of the club are showing their confidence in me. The reaction of the supporters at my return also made me happy. This gives me a lot of strength.''

Danke to ESPN Soccernet for the story!

With the summer transfer deadline fast approaching, Bayern are keen to bring in one further player for this season’s squad. Arjen Robben from Spanish league runners-up Real Madrid is the target for Germany’s most successful club. “That’s correct, We’re interested in signing Arjen Robben. He’s on his way to Munich," FCB general manager Uli Hoeneß confirmed on Thursday evening.

After his arrival in Munich, Robben will report to the club for a medical. The player, his representatives and the FCB board would then sit down and work through his personal terms, Hoeneß said. “We already have an agreement with Real Madrid,” reported the Bayern general manager, voicing hopes that the man capped 43 times by the Netherlands might have put his name to a four-year contract by Friday midday. “He’s one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe. He’s always been one of the players we wanted,” Hoeneß said.


In the right circumstances, Robben could even make his debut in Saturday’s crunch home meeting with champions VfL Wolfsburg, the general manager continued. “If it all goes perfectly, his name will go on the official transfer list tomorrow. That would make it theoretically possible for him to play on Saturday, although absolutely everything would have to go without a hitch,” Hoeneß warned.

Robben’s position within the team has already been discussed and agreed. “Our intention is to have Robben play on the right and Ribéry on the left,” explained Hoeneß, expressing delight at the potential for “an even more attractive team.”

Mark van Bommel, who played alongside Robben for PSV Eindhoven between 2002 and 2004, told FCB.tv that Robben was “an outstanding player in the same class as Franck Ribéry. If he decides to come, he’ll definitely make us stronger as a team.” Along with Van Bommel and Edson Braafheid, Robben would be the third Dutch star in the Bayern squad.

Hoeneß also commented on Bayern’s further plans before the transfer deadline next Monday. “At the moment we’re not planning any further activity. But three or four days ago, I’d never have thought Arjen Robben would be coming to Munich." The general manager did not rule out players leaving the club: “If a player came to us before Monday, because he reckoned his chances of playing had gone down, we’d be absolutely ready to talk.”

Thankies to the official FC Bayern website for the story

Hello fellow lovers of all that is hunky and man candy. Kristen here for another edition of Hunk of the Day. Today's hunk is from the land of Kiev and the pysanky egg. I am talking about Ukraine. Today's hunk is currently in the first team for Bayern Munich. May I present to you, the latest person enshrined into the brotherhood of hunkyness.....Anatoliy Tymoschuk!!!

Anatoliy here was born Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk on March 30, 1979 in the town of Lutsk, Ukraine. In 2008, Tymoshchuk won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup as the captain of Zenit St. Petersburg. Other clubs that Anatoliy has played for include: Volyn Lutsk and Shakhtar.

In February, there was rumors swirling that he was going to leave Zenit. These rumors were eventually made true by Uli Hoeness. Tymoshchuk officially joined Bayern on 1 July 2009 with a contract that will expire on 30 June 2012. The transfer fee was undisclosed but German media reports put the deal at €14 million.

Since his 2000 debut, Tymoshchuk has become a key member of the Ukrainian national team. He gained recognition for his performance during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in which Ukraine reached the quarter-finals, earning a Man of the Match award during Ukraine's win over Tunisia.

Tymoshchuk has been described as one of the catalysts for Ukraine's first FIFA World Cup appearance. He is currently the vice-captain of the team, captaining in the absence of Andriy Shevchenko.

Finally, we come to the WAG part of this post. Tymo is indeed married. He is married to Nadiya Tymoshchuk. She is also his agent.

Awww, don't they look cute!?!

More random facts about Tymo...

• His favorite player is Lothar Matthäus.
• He is also a fan of the Ukrainian band Okean Elzy and Russian painter Mikhail Vrubel.
• He is an avid collector of wines, t-shirts, and icons
• After the last match of the 2007-08 season, he was physically restrained by the Moscow police when he tried to throw his match shirt to the Zenit fans

Well, there you go! A new Hunk of the Day....and yes, Kelsee....it will be an Asian guy, so you can, in the words of "Jose" on Special 1 TV, "shut up."  

 Good Thursday morning everyone! So, while making my rounds during English class today, I came across this. It is really odd, but it shows the beauty...if you can say that....about transfer rumors and deals and the window.

According to ESPN, Diego (pictured here) has not left Werder and will not. The whole idea is just another rumor that has been started.

"There has been a meeting between Juventus and Werder, but we can confirm that no agreement was reached," stated Bremen's director of sport Klaus Allofs

Juventus have reported to have agreed with Diego's agent, but have fallen a little bit below the asking price of the struggling Bundesliga team.

Diego has been on the radar for many bigger named teams such as Bayern. The rumor is that Bayern are ready to put in a bid over the 30 million euro asking price for Diego. This would mean that Munich would have their replacement for Frank Ribery, who has been linked to Barcelona, Chelsea, and Manchester United.

The Turin club have dropped out of the title race having not won in five Serie A games but coach Claudio Ranieri has been told his job is safe until the end of the season.

Other signings are expected to boost their prospects next term. Winger Pavel Nedved is due to retire at the end of this season.

Then, you come to another story from our friends at Soccerway that have claimed that the deal is done and Diego is getting his bags packed, heading for Italy.

According to the website, Juve offered 25 million euros for the Brazilian playmaker.

So, will he, or won't he? We will have to see.

What seemed like an impossible task for the boys from Leverkusen, has been done. Bayern are out of the DFB Cup.

The backdrop to this cup tie gave a hint of what might follow. 50,500 fans came to the LTU Arena to witness this tie of the quarter finals and they have, at the same time, set a record attendance for a Bayer 04 home game. Despite recent setbacks in the Bundesliga, Bruno Labbadia's team soon settled down to the task at hand.

Referee Florian Meyer's whistle for the kick-off was just like lighting the Bayer 04 fireworks. With Lukas Sinkiewicz at the center of defense in place of the injured Manuel Friedrich, the Werkself put Bayern under pressure from the start of the game. Two or three players were always on the spot to chase down the ball or the opposition. Even the superstar Franck Ribery was forced to cover back and launch the ball out of defense to give his side a breather.

Each time they won the ball, Bayer 04 pressed forward relentlessly. Patrick Helmes issued the first warning shot after just four minutes. A minute later, Bayer's leading goalscorer forced Bayern Munich keeper Michael Rensing into making a wonderful save. Bayern only threatened Rene Adler's goal for the first time just before the half-time whistle but the Germany keeper saved brilliantly from Hamit Altintop and Franck Ribery.

With the Bayern squad weaknened due to the fact that Luca Toni and Philipp Lahm were absent and Bastian Schweinsteiger was on the bench, Bayern found it difficult to make headway against a solid Werkself defence. FCB coach Jürgen Klinsmann was forced to admit as much:

“Bayer were lively throughout the tie and they put us under pressure. They did it really well.” Only a goal or two was missing. But that would all change in the second period.

Bayer continued in the same vein after the break and the capacity crowd did not have to wait too long for goals. Lukas Sinkiewicz won the ball in midfield, broke away and put Tranquillo Barnetta through. The Swiss midfielder drilled his shot from the edge of the box into the bottom right of the goal. The crowd erupted and Bayer were let off the leash. Arturo Vidal headed home the second goal from a corner just after the hour mark with Bayern left floundering. (2-0)

And when Patrick Helmes made it 3-0 after Michal Kadlec had brilliantly won the ball on 71 minutes the LTU Arena was already starting to celebrate Bayer's progress to the semi-finals. But Bayern would not be Bayern if they failed to fight back. Within two minutes, Lucio pulled a goal back and Mirsolav Klose finally broke free from the excellent Lukas Sinkiewicz and Henrique to make the score 3-2.

“That was the only small blemish in an otherwise perfect performance,”

enthused Bayer 04 director of sport Rudi Völler said. The tie suddenly turned into a real cup battle. Bayer needed a couple of minutes to pull themselves together. During this phase of the game Adler made brilliant reflex saves from Ribery and Klose to keep Leverkusen on course for a semi-final spot. But Labbadia's side did not shirk the task at hand.

The hosts produced a number of promising counter-attacks. Bayern keeper Rensing had to risk everything to keep Kießling out on 83 minutes. But he was left stranded in added time. Substitute Angelos Charisteas chased down Martin Demichelis on the halfway line, won the ball and set up Kießling to seal the 4-2 win in injury time to the great relief of the Bayer fans.

“I think we've seen an outstanding cup game with a deserved winner. We didn't let Bayern off the hook for most of the game,”

explained a very happy Patrick Helmes.

And Bayer coach Labbadia showed pride in his team's performance:

“I'm very happy for the team. They've put in a great effort and have earned their just reward.”

Bayer 04 are in the semi-final of the DFB Cup for the seventh time in the club's history. Leverkusen have won the Cup once, back in 1993. The possible opponents on 21 or 22 April are Hamburg SV, Werder Bremen or 1. FSV Mainz 05, who shockingly beat Schalke. Just one more win and the dream of a cup final appearance on May 30 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin will come true.

Helmes stated:

“And we want to get there, most of us have never had the chance to play in a cup final. But tonight everybody has had the chance to experience great quarter-final night and it will be talked about long into the future."

Hmmm, I was looking at some of the pictures on the UEFA site and then I came across this one and I was thinking, "Hmmm, does UEFA know something that we don't?"

Notice how it says, "FC Bayern Munich."

I found this "boo-boo" amusing. I am sure that the people at UEFA are great people. But, this was great!

Today is a sad day for Bayern fans. (And a great day for VfB fans! :D) Today, former French international Will Sagnol has decided to call it a career.

The defender, who has been suffering from injury problems, said in an official press conference,

"That's the end. The pain is too great for me to continue playing. It's something I have to accept. I'm devastated and it's hard to take. I'd always dreamed it would end differently, and I'd have liked to keep playing for at least another few years,”

Sagnol, 31, had to make this very tough decision with the help of the best doctors all throughout Europe.

"I've tried everything in recent weeks, but the doctors are unanimous: I can't go on.”

Sagnol even admitted that walking has caused him to be in constant pain. As he is unable to exercise his official profession of footballer, Sagnol will now file for the status of "sports invalid", required by both club and player for insurance and other technical reasons. Even though he played for the rival of my favorite team, I still think that he is one hell of a player and he will be missed.

(Picture courtesy of bundesliga.de)

Well, it is official! Bayern has sealed the signature of former HSV star Ivica Olic and Man City has sealed their first major signing snifing Wayne Bridge from Stamford Bridge! :D

Anywho, that is the major news for today, I will be back later ((When I am at lunch at school)) With more. :D

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