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In direct contrast with English Premier League club Manchester City or Spanish La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, the defending German champions and Champions League runners-up, BAYERN MUNICH, spent not one Deutsche Mark on new players this off-season summer.
One new arrival to watch is Germany World Cup midfielder TONI KROOS; the 20-year-old spent last season out on loan at Bayer Leverkusen.
One player Bayern Munich will have to make do without for a while is injured Holland World Cup winger ARJEN ROBBEN, who led the Bavarian club last season with 16 goals in the Bundesliga.
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BAYERN MUNICH off-season transactions
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Players In
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26 – mf – Andreas OTTL ————— Germany — fr 1.FC Nuremberg
20 – mf – Toni KROOS —————— Germany int’l — fr Bayer Leverkusen
27 – def – Edson BRAAFHEID —— Holland int’l — fr Glasgow Celtic (Sct)
20 – def – BRENO V. R. Borges —– Brazil — fr 1.FC Nuremberg
(Kroos had been out on loan for the season, Breno, Ottl had been out on loan since January, Braafheid had been out on loan since February)
Players Out
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33 – fw – Luca TONI ———————— Italy int’l — to FC Genoa (Ita)
26 – mf – Michael RENSING ———— Germany — released
25 – mf – Jose Ernesto SOSA ———– Argentina int’l — to SSC Napoli (Ita)
20 – mf – Mehmet EKICI —————– Germany — to 1.FC Nuremberg
28 – df – Andreas GOERLITZ ———- Germany — to FC Ingolstadt 04
26 – df – Christian LELL ——————- Germany — to SC Hertha Berlin
24 – df – Georg NIEDERMEIER —— Germany — to Vfb Stuttgart
(Sosa had been out on loan at Estudiantes de La Plata in Argentina since October, Toni had been out on loan at AS Roma in Italy since January, Niedermeier had been out on loan at Vfb Stuttgart since January; Ekici is out on loan for the 2010-11 season)
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BAYERN MUNICH squad
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36 – GK – Hans-Joerg BUTT ——————– (GERMANY – 4 caps)
22 – GK – Thomas KRAFT
32 – DF – Daniel VAN BUYTEN ————— (BELGIUM – 56 caps, 9 goals)
29 – DF – Martin DEMICHELIS —————- (ARGENTINA -30 caps, 2 goals)
27 – DF – Edson BRAAFHEID ——————- (HOLLAND – 8 caps, 0 goals)
26 – DF – Philipp LAHM ————————— (GERMANY – 73 caps, 4 goals)
21 – DF – Holger BADSTUBER —————– (GERMANY – 6 caps, 1 goal)
20 – DF – Diego CONTENTO
20 – DF – BRENO V. R. Borges —————— (Brazil)
33 – MF – Mark VAN BOMMEL —————– (HOLLAND – 63 caps, 10 goals)
31 – MF – Anatoliy TYMOSHCHUK ———– (UKRAINE – 95 caps, 1 goal)
28 – MF – Danijel PRANJIC ———————– (CROATIA – 27 caps, 0 goals)
27 – MF – Franck RIBERY ————————- (FRANCE – 48 caps, 7 goals)
27 – MF – Hamit ALTINTOP ———————- (TURKEY – 55 caps, 6 goals)
26 – MF – Bastien SCHWEINSTEIGER —— (GERMANY – 83 caps, 21 goals)
25 – MF – Andreas OTTL
20 – MF – Toni KROOS —————————— (GERMANY – 10 caps, 0 goals)
18 – MF – David ALABA
32 – FW – Miroslav KLOSE ———————— (GERMANY – 103 caps, 55 goals)
31 – FW – Ivica OLIC ——————————— (CROATIA – 70 caps, 14 goals)
26 – FW – Arjen ROBBEN ————————– (HOLLAND – 52 caps, 15 goals)
25 – FW – Mario GOMEZ ————————— (GERMANY – 39 caps, 13 goals)
21 – FW – Thomas MUELLER ——————– (GERMANY – 10 caps, 5 goals)
