The Bundesliga Weekly brings you a synopsis of the week’s news about the Bundesliga. In this edition, the contracts of Bayern stars set to expire, Victor Boniface’s return to active play delayed, DFB sports court award the match in favor of Bochum.
The contracts of Bayern Munich stars set to expire
The contracts of Leroy Sané, Sven Ulreich, Manuel Neuer, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Mueller will expire soon. The head of sports for Bayern Munich, Max Eberl, is busy negotiating with the players about their future.
There is no ultimatum on when talks will be concluded. However, pundits assume a two-month timeframe for the talks.
Victor Boniface’s return to active play delayed
Coach Xabi Alonso of Leverkusen needs to wait for Victor Boniface’s full recovery from his thigh injury that has sidelined him from action.
DFB sports court award match in favor of Bochum
Bochum sought redress in the DFB sports court over a firelighter that was thrown in a Bundesliga match at der Alten Försterei in Berlin middle of December last year and “injured”, goalkeeper, Patrick Drewes.
Bochum was able to prove that the incident weakened the team and the court awarded 2-0 win for Bochum.
Union Berlin plans to exhaust all the legal options to appeal against the verdict.
