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Berlin (dpa) - The Bundesliga is heading for exciting days.
A new coach is welcomed in Mainz, a historic negative record could be set for Schalke.
In addition, the next game day brings direct duels between the four Champions League participants.
But before that, professional football will probably have to come to terms with extended lockdown measures by politics.
BUND-LÄNDER-SCHALTE: The longing for the audience to return to the Bundesliga arenas will probably get another damper on Tuesday.
The federal government and the states are likely to extend the tightened corona measures, major events with an audience remain a long way off.
«We secretly hope that it will be possible again after Easter.
But that's pure speculation, it's not well founded, ”said Borussia Dortmund's sports director Michael Zorc.
Previously, Finance Director Alexander Wehrle had also said the «Bild»: «We corrected our first calculation very quickly in autumn due to the developments and are currently assuming that we will no longer have any viewers in January, February and March.»
For the clubs this means a loss of millions in sales.
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TRAINER QUESTION IN MAINZ: FSV Mainz 05 wants to present a new head coach on Tuesday.
Bo Svensson is the preferred candidate for sports director Christian Heidel and sports director Martin Schmidt.
The Danish ex-professional from Mainz has a contract with the Austrian second division club FC Liefering.
The change modalities should be largely clarified with Svensson.
In the negotiations with the Salzburg Club, the main issue is a transfer fee.
According to reports, Mainz will pay around 1.5 million euros.
But nothing has been signed yet, said Schmidt.
BUNDESLIGA TOPDUELLE: The next Bundesliga matchday will open on Friday with the classic Mönchengladbach against Bayern.
Munich also revealed major defensive weaknesses in the 5-2 win against Mainz, falling behind for the eighth time in a row.
So it is a good thing that the Gladbachers returned to victory in good time.
After a six-week break, Ramy Bensebaini, who has Covid-19, is back on board.
The left-back scored both goals in Gladbach's 2-1 victory a year ago.
In the second top game, Bayern pursuer Leipzig faced the challenge of cracking the best defense in the league with nine goals conceded.
At RB, Dominik Szoboszlai could also make his debut with a purchase of 20 million.
But BVB also showed increasing form in the 2-0 opener against Wolfsburg under the new coach Edin Terzic and can also rely on Erling Haaland again.
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SITUATION ON SCHALKE: On Saturday the setting of a sad record threatens.
If FC Schalke fail to win against Hoffenheim, it would be 31 games without a win - as often as Tasmania Berlin once did.
Christian Gross, the fourth coach this season, wants to prevent this.
The 'how' seems more than unclear after the 0: 3 on his debut at Hertha BSC.
New players are supposed to come, but will hardly be there this week.
TRANSFERMARKT: There is already speculation about Bayern star David Alaba's move to Real Madrid in the summer, but first the winter transfer window is pending.
After 190 million euros, which had never been invested before, were spent on new players in January 2020, the clubs have to reduce their transfer expenses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Record champions FC Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund are not planning any transfers in winter, but RB Leipzig has already secured the services of Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Salzburg.
But clubs in need, such as FC Schalke, should still be active on the market until the end of the window on February 1st.
Arsenal loaner Sead Kolasinac is already there.
DEBUT POCHETTINO: After separating from Thomas Tuchel, successor Mauricio Pochettino makes his debut at the coaching bench in Paris Saint-Germain.
In the first game, the Argentine will face the away game at AS Saint-Etienne on Wednesday (9 p.m.).
The series champion from the capital in Ligue 1 should not allow any further mistakes.
PSG are currently only in third place, one point behind Olympique Lyon and Lille OSC.
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