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Mugello and Sochi added to the calendar!

RB Leipzig have exactly 750 of those.

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder

Transfermarkt is usually your best bet for up-to-date stats. 1. Bundesliga: https://www.transfermarkt.de/1-bundesliga/daten/wettbewerb/L1/sort/mitglieder.desc 2. Bundesliga: https://www.transfermarkt.de/2-bundesliga/daten/wettbewerb/L2/sort/mitglieder.desc 3. Liga: https://www.transfermarkt.de/3-liga/daten/wettbewerb/L3/sort/mitglieder.desc

Oh except Leipzig, they actually have less than it says

Some of these numbers are massively incorrect/outdated. For example, Frankfurt have over 90000 members, Union have almost 37000, many others have 5000-10000 more than it says in the graph.

So the new Bundesliga season is set to start on September 18th. First round of DFB Pokal is scheduled for September 11th.

It appears Kruse will return

In all seriousness, him and Bottas should be made to sit this weekend out. It's one thing to be lenient to slight bending of the rules when everyone involved is in the F1 "bubble" where everyone gets tested regularly anyway, but it's not comparable to flying home between races with no reason, nevermind attending a party and a museum in Leclerc's case. Jeopardising the safety concept and thus potentially risking the whole season, if anyone gets infected.

Banana boy is a dummy.

I enjoyed the movie, and I think the series is much better! Binged Season 2 in one go

In other news, Ajax is reportedly preparing a 9m transfer offer for Klaassen.

Kohfeldt is set to stay, official confirmation is expected tomorrow in a press conference. His requirements for improvements all around the team (medical department, coaching staff, etc.) were accepted by the club, and he rejected talks with Hoffenheim.

For all that matters, I do think that something is brewing with RB and Seb, that interview round on Servus TV was also a bit bizarre. But to advertise a speculative article like that is a Rosberg level pisstake

Quite disappointing from him. This is just poor journalism or attention seeking, or both...

Turned out to be speculation about Vettel's potential return to Red Bull next season. https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/sebastian-vettel-und-red-bull-bringt-ihn-nach-hause-20070902

Vettel to Aston Martin?

I think we'll need quite a few new signings this summer. A right back (probably won't happen, as I think it will be up for Theo and Agu to cover that), a left back (if Augustinsson leaves), a proper defensive midfielder, a central midfielder (if Klaassen leaves), a replacement for Rashica. Won't be easy to restructure the squad, given our financial means...

Step 1: I'm afraid Selke's loan is valid for another season (we loaned him out for 18 months), and if we don't get relegated next season, we HAVE to buy him for 15 million. Step 2: as above. Selke stays. We're losing Vogt though. Step 5: Thomas Eichin is Leverkusen's chief of youth development as of 1st of July, so you can forget that - I'm afraid Baumann is there to stay. Also in addition to that: it seems Augustinsson is set to leave as well.

I hope I'm wrong, but I think to keep his seat long term, he'll have to regularly stay 1-2 tenths within Max in order for RB to be able to threaten Mercedes in terms of strategy, and I don't think he is capable of that. It's hard to judge him based on last season (thought he was ok, especially since it was his debut season and he changed teams too) and last race, as his car didn't have the upgrades, but he was losing pace pretty fast after the start, and if it wasn't for SC and great strategy, he wouldn't have been able to close the gap to Mercedes (which in itself is not surprising, but considering that Max was able to stay within 3 seconds off Bottas despite being on slower tyres, while Albon lost 12 seconds in 15 laps to Hamilton after being overtaken by him, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence in his race pace). Again, it's too early to judge, but I just don't think he'll be able to deliver what RB expect from him.

Saw that programme on Servus TV yesterday, was a bit weird to see Vettel with his Ferrari shirt along with Horner, Max and Gasly, haha. In all honesty, wouldn't be surprised if Seb returns to Red Bull at some point. They appear to still have a great relationship, and I don't think Albon will last long...

No words.

Also, this gif is the best summary of our season:

He tested positive.