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Mario Gomez (Stuttgart) > Benzema IMO He had an awful EURO 2008, but scored 31 goals in 40 matches for Stuttgart last season... And was a decisive factor that Stuttgart became Champions in 2007.

Thomas Gravesen's too According to danish media, the only club who has shown interest in signing him is his first professional club, Vejle BK

It was a joke, okay...! Thought the ";D"-smiley would indicate that.

Dude, you don't score without an expensive watch ;D I really like Armani, but watches just oughtta be from Switzerland(Rolex - king of kings. I for my part have a Raymond Weil, which is also my surname ) - but that's just my opinion, not trying to piss you off or something Anyway, if you just keep wishing money, you'll eventually have enough to buy just the watch you want PS: And when you've become a millionaire, you gotta get the Rolex Milgauss - one of my all-time favourites Looks insanely class

Go for sum money! Don't wanna talk you out if it, but what the heck has Armani to do with watches?? Switzerland ftw in this case

Excactly. I was in Hoffenheim last fall, cos they were playing Kaiserslautern(my Number-1-club). The ground has room for about 6000 people, but is only full when big clubs(like Kaiserslautern, Cologne, Nuremberg, Munich etc.) are visiting - and that's because they bring all the fans and the athmosphere! We only heard the Hoffenheim-fans when their team scored the winning 1:0-goal - and after that we all yelled "Not so loud, not so loud, not so loud!" The rest of the match we were singing different chants, including "Dietmar Hopp, the son of w-h-o-r-e" Some might find that disturbing and provocative, but the dumbass still doesn't get that he's bringing millions of football fans up against him. Needless to tell that the stadium in Hoffenheim is named after him... I prefer the likes of Abramovich, who "just" support an established club, with loads of myths, legends, fans and athmosphere - though I must admit that I'm a little scared of this Arab group, who bought ManCity a few days ago.

In Germany the fans are showing banners with the text "Gegen den Modernen Fussball"("Against the Modern Football") more and more often - especially at matches against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, who were promoted from 2nd Division in May. In 1990, TSG Hoffenheim (WITHOUT the "1899" in their name!) were playing in the 8. League in the german League system... But thanks to the millions of Euros from the founding father of SAP (a giant software company, who delivers software to almost every business in the West), Dietmar Hopp, they kept getting promoted until they finally reached the Bundesliga this season. Last season, as they were promoted from the 3. to the 2. Division, they spended approx. 7 Million Euros on Carlos Eduardo, a young Brazilian. Also, former Schalke-coach Mirko Slomka has stated that he was interested in Chinedu Obasi(who also went to Hoffenheim a year ago) as well, but Schalke - who are sponsored by Russian giant Gazprom and playing in the CL! - didn't have the money to buy him. This season Hoffenheim bought yet another young Brazilian, Wellington. Price: 4,5 Million Euros. I know that, thanks to the money from Sky etc., this isn't that much money in the EPL, but in Germany all the top players are sold around 10 million euros (Klose from Bremen to Bayern, for example) - therefore 4,5 would be a record for many clubs! Just for your information: Hoffenheim is a village with a population of about 3500. 'Nuff said. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSG_1899_Hoffenheim

OMFG! He really gotta get his b- ...ollocks re-attached!!! O_O I guess we have the first coming-out-of-the-closet in European football 8)

The scan today showed that Ballack will only miss one PL-match! Told ya guys it wasn't serious

Haha, sweet! Thanks for the warm welcome everyone

Guys I'm telling ya, Ballacks injury isn't that serious The german NT Coach (Joachim Löw) has confirmed this. Ballack wont be fit for the match against Belgium though.

According to German media, Ballack probably hasn't suffered a serious injury

Oi! I'm a 16-year old boy from Copenhagen, Denmark. As a matter of fact my favourite club is Kaiserslautern(2nd German Bundesliga), but as the years have past by (before Abramovich though!) I've begun to feel a lot of sympathy for Chelsea. It's not the überleet Chelsea FC of the 04/05 and 05/06 seasons I like, it's the original, unspoiled CFC - this doesn't mean I hate the "new" Chelsea though Well, really looking forward to the match against Pompey! Greets from Denmark