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Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Sport
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Bayern Munich join race to sign Borussia Dortmund's Jamie Gittens
Kicker reports that Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are getting serious about acquiring young English talent Jamie Gittens. Chelsea have also set their sights on the Borussia Dortmund professional, but the English and German club remain far apart in negotiations over the transfer fee. Bayern board-member-for-sport Max Eberl has left the Club World Cup and returned to Germany in order to take a more active role in shoring up his club's summer purchases. The German publication has plenty of news to offer up on other candidates Eberl and the FCB front office are considering. Advertisement Kicker notes that FCB moves for Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Rafael Leo (AC Milan), and Cody Gakpo (Liverpool are appearing less likely to join the German giants. Williams is reported to prefer a move to FC Barcelona. Gakpo – with a price tag of €70m – is considered a disproportionate investment. Leo could still head to Bavaria, with former Serie A defender Kim Min-jae serving as a bargaining chip in a potential swap deal. Other players such as Bradley Barcola of Paris St. Germain and Kaoru Mitoma of Brighton & Hove Albion, are no longer serious targets for Eberl and his staff. Kicker cites its own sources to claim that Eberl has already held talks with Gittens' entourage. Given that Dortmund held firm against Chelsea's pursuit of the 20-year-old, organizing a transfer sham, not prove easy. Even a fourth Chelsea bid totaling some €55m was said to be rejected by BVB. GGFN | Peter Weis
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Business
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Eberl responds to Kimmich's transfer plea: "I'm handling things off the pitch!"
Eberl responds to Kimmich's transfer plea: "I'm handling things off the pitch!" Having missed out on the signing of Liverpool-bound Florian Wirtz, and with Leroy Sané and Thomas Müller leaving Bayern Munich on free transfers, the club is now seeking offensive reinforcements. Ahead of the Club World Cup opener, midfield maestro Joshua Kimmich called on Bayern to strengthen their attack, saying: Advertisement 'There's a feeling that we might do something because Flo isn't coming, Leroy is gone, and Thomas is gone.' In response to Kimmich's remarks following Bayern's emphatic 10-0 victory over Auckland City, board member for sport Max Eberl made it clear that the club's management - and not Kimmich - is responsible for transfer decisions. ''Jo' is on the pitch - and I'm handling things off the pitch,' Eberl emphasized. So far, Bayern have secured two signings ahead of the 2025/26 season: central defender Jonathan Tah (from Bayer Leverkusen) and central midfielder Tom Bischof (from Hoffenheim).
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
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Bayern looking for new forwards after Sané and Müller exit
Munich's Thomas Mueller in action during the team's training session ahead of Sunday's FIFA Club World Cup soccer match against Auckland City FC. Sven Hoppe/dpa Bayern Munich are ready to sign new players after the exits of forwards Thomas Müller and Leroy Sané, and hope to boost their ambitions on the transfer market with a good showing at the Club World Cup. The winner of the new-look tournament starting on Saturday in the United States can rake in more than than $100 million in prize money, and board member for sport Max Eberl said that nothing is to distract the team in its quest for a top result. Advertisement "Now it is aboutb having success at the tournament. Everything else comes afterwards," Eberl said at Bayern's camp in Florida ahead of their opener on Sunday against Auckland City. "We are playing a very important, very nice tournament for us, where you can really win something: not just reputation, not just a title, but also in monetary terms." Eberl freely admitted that Bayern would have liked to sign Germany player Florian Wirtz, who now appears Liverpool-bound, for more than €100 million ($116 million) because "he would have been a big name." With Sané having signed for Galatasaray and veteran Müller not getting a new contract, "we now have two players less in attack," Eberl said. Advertisement But he is upbeat for the summer transfer window, saying: "I am sure that we will have a competitive team - and that we will also have the finances under control." Eberl said that Bayern want to renew the contract of defender Dayot Upamecano while Bryan Zaragoza (on loan at Osasuna), Sacha Boey, Mathys Tel (on loan at Totternham Hotspur) and possibly Kingsley Coman may leave in summer. Bayern have already signed Germany defender Jonathan Tah and midfield talent Tom Bischof on free transfers, and both are part of the Club World Cup squad. "For me that is already a big step. Both will help us," Eberl said.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Sport
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Bayern Munich could not match Liverpool's financial firepower in Florian Wirtz pursuit, says club executive
pricey: Bayern could not afford to match Liverpool's offer for florian wirtz (Getty Images) Bayern Munich director of sport Max Eberl has revealed that Liverpool priced the Bavarian giants out of a move for Florian Wirtz. The Bayer Leverkusen forward is set to become a club record signing for the Reds, with the nine-figure deal set to be completed in the coming days. Advertisement LIVE BLOG: All the latest summer transfer news and rumours Wirtz, who tallied 22 Bundesliga goal involvements last season, was a hot property heading into the early transfer mini-window, and Bayern were as keen as Liverpool to secure his services. Eberl has now admitted that Bayern simply could not match the financial enthusiasm of the Premier League champions despite rating him highly. "If I'm honest, I don't know if we could have paid what Liverpool are apparently paying now," Eberl said, speaking to Sky Germany. "Florian Wirtz is an outstanding player. We could have imagined signing him. But when a door closes, another opens." Advertisement The Bundesliga champions have reportedly earmarked Chelsea's Christopher Nkunku as a potential alternative, and could get a good look at him at this summer's Club World Cup, which both clubs are set to attend. Eberl, a former Bayern Munich player, said he is looking forward to the tournament despite it being something of a voyage into the unknown. He continued: '[It is] a bit of a journey into the unknown. We don't really know what to expect yet. 'Other teams are more familiar with the conditions here. We're trying to prepare as best we can and are obviously here to win the games and progress as far as we can." Advertisement Bayern will now be without Leroy Sane for the summer competition after he completed a free transfer to Galatasaray on Thursday, but Eberl is not concerned by his departure. "The focus is on the squad we have here. We've brought along some young players, and now we've added two Germany internationals in Tom Bischof and Jonathan Tah, who have come in on free transfers. That's already a big step. 'We have a clear plan on how we want to implement things. But there's still a lot to do. I'm certain we will have a very strong squad." Bayern will face New Zealand's Auckland City, Portugal's Benfica, and Argentina's Boca Juniors in the Club World Cup group stage.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
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'Bombs just started to rain down': Saskatoon nurse recounts working in Gaza when Israel broke ceasefire
After working two stints in Gaza, a Saskatoon nurse says she feels a "ton of guilt" watching news emerging from the region now that she's back in Canada. "I miss the people that I work with every single day," Casey Eberl said. "They're always in my mind. Always." Eberl remembers the scene in Gaza when Israel broke a fragile ceasefire by launching heavy airstrikes in March. "It was unlike anything any of us could have expected. We were sleeping," Eberl said. "The bombs just started to rain down and we all hibernated that night and our clinics had mass casualty incidents. The hospital I was working at had mass casualty incidents and it only got worse from there." The airstrikes broke a two-month ceasefire with Hamas, as Israel vowed to use force to free its remaining hostages in the territory. The strikes killed more than 400 people, according to Palestinian health authorities, and haven't stopped since. The decades-long conflict escalated on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing around 1,200 people. In response, Israel launched a military campaign that has devastated much of Gaza. Israel's military campaign, which its leaders have said is aimed at uprooting Hamas and securing the release of the hostages, has killed more than 53,000 people and displaced practically all of Gaza's more than two million Palestinians in nearly 20 months of war, according to Gaza's health ministry. Most of the people Israel has killed are civilians, including more than 16,500 children under the age of 18, the ministry says. Eberl was serving in Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, which Israel has now struck multiple times. An airstrike at the hospital killed five people on March 23, including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, Hamas said. On May 13, airstrikes at Nasser and another hospital killed 18 people. WATCH | Eberl said she was treating patients at Nasser Hospital for two months ending in April. She was also there for a six-week period last fall. She said hearing from her Palestinian colleagues motivated her to go back. "I'm extremely lucky that I got to see them again. Especially with the war going on, you never know if the people that you love, the people that you worked with and cared for, might be there again if you get to go back," Eberl said on CBC's The 306 radio show with host Peter Mills. Eberl said she saw a spike in the number of patients with blast injuries, infectious diseases and malnutrition because of a lack of access to clean water. She said she has never experienced a conflict like this before, and was looking to her Palestinian colleagues for how to navigate the situation. "There's no textbook or manual for something like that. And so I really looked to the Palestinian staff and to be honest, they led me. They told me what they needed, how I could support them, and I just tried to do my best to listen to their needs," she said. "They were the boss. They were the guides." Eberl said everyone she knows in Gaza has lost a family member. "There's nothing like the cry of a parent after they've lost their child." Eberl worked with Doctors Without Borders (also known by its French name, Médecins Sans Frontières), a non-governmental organization that provides emergency medical care to people in conflict zones, disasters or epidemics. Sana Beg, executive director of Doctors Without Borders Canada, said five Canadian health-care professionals with the organization were serving in Gaza as of Monday. "We're dealing with the very real impact of having our medical facilities under constant attack." A United Nations-backed assessment released earlier this month said the entire Gaza population is at critical risk of famine. Israel announced on May 18 that it will allow a limited amount of aid into the Palestinian enclave, but it was not immediately clear when aid would enter Gaza, or how. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would work to ensure that Hamas militants will not control distribution and aid does not reach militants. Beg said the teams in Gaza are also in urgent need of medical supplies like gloves, medications that alleviate pain and potable drinking water. "The heartbreaking reality of our teams having to witness parents anguish in their eyes as their children scream in pain, as we're sort of removing the dressings and giving them a new dressing, and we have no pain medication to be able to provide them." A total of 11 Doctors Without Borders staff have been killed in Gaza, according to Beg. "Inherently we're talking about a population that is living life in a death trap. It is hell on earth," Beg said. "This is a man-made crisis." Canada, the U.K. and France issued a joint statement on May 19 opposing the expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza and calling for Israel to immediately allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Beg said more needs to be done by those in power to help stop the war. "Doctors alone and medical professionals alone, we cannot be the ones that stop wars. We're not going to be able to stop the bombing of medical facilities, and this is where we need leaders to be able to act."
