How long will Dortmund's Golden Generation last? (video)

With strong rumours last week that leading Borussia Dortmund marksman Robert Lewandowski will be leaving the Westfalenstadion in the summer for arch-rivals Bayern Munich, there are genuine fears amongst the Dortmund faithful and football supporters worldwide that the reigning German champions’ golden generation may be torn apart before it reaches its prime.

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The Bundesliga: Everybody's second favourite league in 2013/14 (Video)

This week’s announcement that Pep Guardiola will be re-starting his already illustrious managerial career in the Bundesliga as opposed to the Premier League next season appears to have shocked many football journalists and supporters on our shores, who fully expected Guardiola to take a seat in the dugout vacated by either Rafa Benitez or Roberto Mancini. However, should we be so surprised that Pep has elected to test himself in Germany?

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Barca won’t be denied Wembley date

With the last 16 of the Champions League less than a month away, it is a good time to assess the teams in with a shout in the Champions League betting odds of walking away with the biggest prize in European football on May 25.

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Can Dortmund really win the Champions League?

It is often the case that the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester United get all of the media's attention when they reach the knockout stages of the Champions League, leaving the rest of the clubs to make up the numbers and bicker amongst themselves, but have no doubt about it - Borussia Dortmund have a massive chance to win this year's Champions League trophy.

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The German way is the right way

In 2001 the Bundesliga diverged from the original DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) league structure and since then it has never looked back. German football has grown exponentially and one factor can be pegged down to the emergence of the country’s talent pool. Prior to its divergence we would only associate old age and experience players with the league 

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City crash out of Europe: Is Mancini exit imminent?

In short: probably not.

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Dortmund: The dark horses of Europe

It’s fair to say that the Bundesliga has been making a steady rise back to the furore of European football.

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City will have to wait... again

They didn’t exactly crash out of the competition, but after their game against Borussia Dortmund next month Manchester City will no longer be competing in this season’s Champions League.

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The Germans are coming

For a while the Bundesliga was the butt of all European football jokes. One of the main reasons cited was because Bayern Munich snapped up six Bundesliga titles between 2000-2010, cementing their position as Germany's most successful club team. 

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That Marco Reus (Video)

How about that Marco Reus eh? Not bad for a 23 year old, I know. There is a reason that Borussia Dortmund paid 18 million euros for the man's services and his impressive showings already in not only the Bundesliga and the Champions League make it look like money well spent.

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Scary goalposts (Video)

The goalpost can sometimes be an enemy, sometimes a saviour, and sometimes even a physical threat

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The Bundesliga upheaval has been ongoing for years (Video)

FC Schalke 04 made history on Wednesday night becoming the first foreign team to defeat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. In doing so, fans are all of sudden becoming blissfully aware of the re-emergence of the Bundesliga as though after one 90 minute spell, German football has suddenly overtaken the Premiership in stakes of quality.

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Marco Reus - the future of German football (Video)

British audiences caught just a glimpse of Marco Reus’ talent at Euro 2012 at Euro 2012 when the then Borussia Monchengladbach attacker cracked in a volley to secure Germany’s victory over Greece in the Quarter Finals. However, before these last couple of weeks, you will have been hard pressed to find an English football watcher who had truly seen him play.

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Why all the fuss about Jurgen Klopp?

We all know Jurgen Klopp is the genius who has masterminded Borussia Dortmund’s rise to the top of German football, since taking over in 2008 he has reshaped the side and took them from a 13th place finish under their previous manager Thomas Doll to successive Bundesliga titles in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. In this article we will look over the Germans managerial career and also look at how he’s led Dortmund to the top.

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Was last night the night Dortmund announced themselves in Europe?

Dynasties can begin in the most inauspicious and initially underwhelming circumstances, but all great oaks once began as small acorns of course.

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