Or residue that despite the poor results of the Premier League

"W e can catch up this year, which would be a real blow to the Premier League," Bayern said - Munich - chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, in October 2014. The reality Bundesliga tips exceeds English Uefa later this season rank as second best be classified behind the league but materialize the second part of the prediction of former striker Germany not quite. In any case, the new top of £ 1.7 billion per year TV deal, Richard Scudamore has announced for 4 months later showed that the national public in the UK were been completely changed from the English football club drops the international hierarchy. Internationally, the demand is growing all the time, despite the Premier League teams in European competitions underperforming still compared to their resources.

The view really frightening all this for the Bundesliga - apart from £ 50 notes wave is about to wash in clubs and best players, a bit like one of those cartoon scenes in Scrooge vault is completely - it is the realization that the Premier League is a true sporting success has become with independent success. Wolfsburg could probably win the Champions League three times and would still produce only a fraction of the worldwide audience for their league games compared to, for example, eighth-placed Liverpool. British and international TV companies love the product because customers love the Premier League clubs and showmanship, and independent of any notion of quality, objective or otherwise.

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Nothing happens on the ground can change that, unless the Bundesliga had to abandon their protectionist model and sell their clubs to the highest bidder. next season increase RB Leipzig in fact owned by Red Bull could "inspire" discussion (an after-sweet taste in the mouth of many German fans and blank), but in the meantime, half a dozen clubs Bundesliga they have decided that they want to have their cake and eat it. Werder Bremen 1 FC Cologne, Stuttgart, Hertha BSC Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg met in a pressure group called "market value team". Traditionalists self-proclaimed as the idea that, due to more brands and most awaited fans - as infallible League - to get more money than smaller and successful teams. But unlike the Premier League, they do not know how the idea of the basis of equitable distribution of TV rights, or acquisitions abroad.

Today television revenue split 80/20 between the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. In both leagues, the relationship between the first and last 2: 1 (Bayern highest, € 40 million this season) but it is not only the situation on the end of the season, the factor to determine, but the classification in the four previous seasons also. At five, classification, if they want. The proposal market value team looking across the table and towards "soft factors", such as popularity. His argument is not entirely appropriate that his followers buy more pay-TV subscriptions Wolfsburg or Ingolstadt.

Werder acute illnesses (16), Eintracht (17) and a further large enough equipment, enough history in Hannover (18) have a fear of minnows growth and clubs fueled the artificial obstruction of league be considered. Freiburg and Leipzig, both teams can benefit from a promotion, further reduce the glamor factor, traditionalists believe. While on a new agreement haggling only seriously once the approval of the new television begin this summer, the disturbing trend dwarfing was - the spread of the sport 'Gnomes - can also be a little more difficult to sell the product for more money from 2017/18 when the current contract value of € 800 million, while in the next season, expires.

Tuesday, Christian Seifert CEO or to explain how a new "single buyer rule" the office of agreement is cleaned to ensure that the monopolist sky not show the 306 exclusive games, at least not on all platforms. If another bidder wins the right to display one of the packages on television, a maximum of 102 games can be clearly available for only another provider flowing sky. the idea is that new media companies like Google or Twitter can show some appetite, while the German Telekom also said interest. League privately warned against high expectations, however. It will be a great success if they can figure gather as 1300000000 € per year, about one-third of the new agreement in the Premier League (internal and external). Needless to say, they sleep in the Gloucester Place not to lose any time soon.

Talking Points

• Bayern stretched their lead to seven points after a team of Borussia Dortmund B could Schalke away - Thomas Tuchel field team would be weakened "the ultimate insult" the resident image Schalke had written 04 loyalists in advance - actually killed fighting for the title this weekend. "Rotation takes Emotion" Tuchel (Der Spiegel) tactics came to a little criticism in some circles, but generally fans and neutrals and so believed if we that his team "at the border to explain what they could" to calculate and needed renovation before the second stage v Liverpool. Tuchel was concluded that a team does not have the full force was necessary to defeat the actual blues in the Veltins-Arena, but at the end of Derby der Ruhr, what happens after the break, both teams seemed quite happy with the draw 2 -2. "Not many expect us as a team and coach, you only get a corner here," said coach André S04 Breitenreiter without air too emotional. Club insiders believe that 42 years is released after just one disappointing season in charge in May blue collar rhetoric and actions Breitenreiter public confidence seemed the team at first, but once again the Derby was to galvanize that it was small by a strategy or progress on the ground. Markus Weinzierl, the coach of Augsburg favorite sporting director Christian Heidel said to be back, the man behind the sustained excellence of Mainz. "Or I'll Schalke - Schalke or I", the iconic CEO Rudi Assauer said over the reins of the nervous and excited clubs in the Bundesliga in 1981. Heidel takes, the question will be exactly the same.

• It was not long ago, Julian nail was Säbener road, where by the great and the good schmoozed and Matthias Sammer. Even Pep Guardiola made a point to walk down the hall to the use 28-year-old on the shoulder and tell him he had heard so many good things about him. But most transparent trick will not work. Bayern tried to sign the former player in 1860 - he had quit 20 years to play after a nasty injury - were frustrated by Hoffenheim, who have the prodigy tenure as head coach for 2016-17 affected. poor performance and health problems Huub Stevens led the club with the U-19 coach in February to speed up production, however, and the improvement was as fast as it was impressive. Hoffenheim 2-0 win in Frankfurt on Saturday, increased its total to 17 points in nine games. Tuchel and Guardiola only fared better during this period.

Results: Hannover 2-2 Hertha, HSV Darmstadt 1-2, 1-3 Bayern Stuttgart, Bremen 1-2 Augsburg, Ingolstadt 1-0 Gladbach, Wolfsburg 1-1 Mainz, Frankfurt 0-2 Hoffenheim 2-2 Schalke Dortmund Leverkusen Cologne 0-2.