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Barcelona are interested in Jonathan Tah and have made an inquiry with a view to a potential January move. Barça sporting director Deco is looking for an experienced centre-back to play alongside Pau Cubarsí. However, Tah is currently not thinking about leaving Bayern and is happy at the club. A January move is rather out of the question. Nevertheless, Tah's agent Pini Zahavi has a very good relationship with Barça president Joan Laporta [@Plettigoal]

Uli Hoeneß's comments yesterday sparked internal criticism and bewilderment at Bayern. The general feeling was that, while Uli's comments were understandable in terms of their substance, the way he expressed them was unnecessary. The reason is that Hoeneß' remarks have once again shifted the focus towards Musiala's neurological condition, despite the fact that in recent weeks he had been suffering from nothing more than a conventional football injury (a muscle fibre tear) Musiala has not experienced any absence seizures for two months, meaning his neurological dysfunction is well under control. His last publicly documented collapse occurred during the friendly match in Heidenheim on August 18th. His medication has been adjusted, and doctors continue to believe he is capable of returning to his absolute peak form For Vincent Kompany, Musiala remains the ultimate game-changer in his Bayern team. The Belgian coach regularly supports and motivates Musiala internally, and has also done so publicly [@mano_bonke, @kessler_philipp]

Dayot Upamecano voted in 8th place in the defenders list for the FIFPRO World 11

🇩🇪 Jürgen Klopp is planning a conversation with Felix Nmecha following the criticism the latter has faced for his celebration against Elversberg Background: After scoring both goals in Dortmund’s 2-1 win over Elversberg, Nmecha performed his crown celebration. The gesture is associated with the evangelical network “Ballers in God” (BiG) and its campaign “The King’s Return.” According to investigations, including one by ARD’s Monitor programme, parts of the religious community hold homophobic and anti-LGBTQ+ views and describe abortion as “Satan’s plan”. LGBTQ+ organisations classify BiG as Christian fundamentalists. Dortmund’s Fan and Supporters’ Department strongly criticised Nmecha over the weekend and called on the club to clearly distance itself from evangelical networks DFB sporting director Rudi Völler commented on the topic: "Of course, there's freedom of religion and freedom of belief. Everyone is free to practise their faith in their own way. Some people like it, others don't. We'll speak to him about it again, because it has now become a public topic. The most important thing with a topic like this is to first understand it properly. The proper procedures for dealing with these matters must be ensured. So far, I can only say positive things about Felix. He did an outstanding job at the World Cup, not just as a footballer, but also in the way he conducted himself between games. He is very popular among his teammates and is a thoroughly good person. But I can understand the debate and that not everyone agrees with it. As I said, we'll handle it in a similar way to Dortmund – we're in contact with them. But we shouldn't make too much of it either. We will certainly speak to him about it." [via @BILD]