footyfan1
19 Jan 2005, 10:41 PM
Whether I hate Bayern or not, and I still do, class is class and this cannot be denied.
Rummenigge, Hoeness and Beckenbauer continue to show why they are by far and away the best management team in the Bundesliga.
Keith
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Dortmund Getting Help From An Unlikely Source - Arch-Rivals Bayern Munich
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Heavily indebted Borussia Dortmund is getting help from Bundesliga rival Bayern Munich.
Officials of both clubs confirmed on Wednesday that they had met the day before in a Duesseldorf hotel - and decided not to reveal any details of their talks.
Bayern played a friendly in Duesseldorf on Tuesday and its two top officials, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness, met with Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball and business manager Michael Meier.
The meeting came after Rummenigge had called Rauball to offer help to the rival, which has debts of €98 million (US$127.4 million), down from €118.8 million (US$154.4 million).
"It would have been negligent not to hear this offer of help," Meier said.
German media speculated that Bayern may give up some players to Dortmund without asking for a transfer fee, and that it had increased the payment for midfielder Torsten Frings, who moved from Dortmund to Bayern in the summer.
In addition to crippling debts, Dortmund has fallen in the Bundesliga to 14th place. Just two seasons ago, it was German champion and won the Champions League in 1997.
"Don't worry if you don't have a good defense for your position, you can always start calling names..." - Oscar Wilde
Rummenigge, Hoeness and Beckenbauer continue to show why they are by far and away the best management team in the Bundesliga.
Keith
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Dortmund Getting Help From An Unlikely Source - Arch-Rivals Bayern Munich
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Heavily indebted Borussia Dortmund is getting help from Bundesliga rival Bayern Munich.
Officials of both clubs confirmed on Wednesday that they had met the day before in a Duesseldorf hotel - and decided not to reveal any details of their talks.
Bayern played a friendly in Duesseldorf on Tuesday and its two top officials, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness, met with Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball and business manager Michael Meier.
The meeting came after Rummenigge had called Rauball to offer help to the rival, which has debts of €98 million (US$127.4 million), down from €118.8 million (US$154.4 million).
"It would have been negligent not to hear this offer of help," Meier said.
German media speculated that Bayern may give up some players to Dortmund without asking for a transfer fee, and that it had increased the payment for midfielder Torsten Frings, who moved from Dortmund to Bayern in the summer.
In addition to crippling debts, Dortmund has fallen in the Bundesliga to 14th place. Just two seasons ago, it was German champion and won the Champions League in 1997.
"Don't worry if you don't have a good defense for your position, you can always start calling names..." - Oscar Wilde