For what it is worth, I do not see Frimpong staying at Leverkusen and in Germany beyond this season anyway, and I am not sure moving to Manchester would count as a remarkable sign of integration.
I doubt anyone seriously thinks about Frimpong. It's just a funny thought to imagine that he'd be so pissed off by Koeman that he'd switch countries.
He would be very welcome of course! The more the merrier, even if the AfD disagrees.
Why would he want to leave the reigning Bundesliga champion?
He's weirdly being ignored by Koeman. Rumours are it's because he doesn't speak Dutch. Dumfries almost always does well for Oranje though, so don't see him starting anyway.Exactly! I'd also love to see @KirkDuyt's reaction
Only if hell freezes over, and that is becoming ever more unlikely with climate change. Though if throw in a Köln relegation, I could be appeased.Why would he want to leave the reigning Bundesliga champion?
Like most Dutch people he probably secretly longs to be German, but can't admit it in public. From time to time that desire still slips through though, like when one of them puts down their location as Dutchland on an online forum.
He doesn't? Isn't he a native Amsterdammer?
He once said that his Dutch is still bad but he'd learn it if he was nominated for the Netherlands so I assume he's not very fluent at best.
Our national Anthem starts with our king declaring he's German, so yes, we are an Berliner.
He was born here, but I think he moved to England when he was 5 or something.
Fascinating, sounds like a bit of an unorthodox opener for a national anthem though, doesn't it?
Well, William of Orange was mostly a German I think, so not really.
Somehow it sounds like a perfect text for the EU era, where national borders (again) become less important.
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'van Duytschen bloedt' didn't mean then what it means now (it basically means Dutch, even if Wilhelm did get born in Dzermany), but yes, it's bizarre now.
I imagine it must be great, every time the anthem plays you can imagine you're German, even if it's only for a second.'van Duytschen bloedt' didn't mean then what it means now (it basically means Dutch, even if Wilhelm did get born in Dzermany), but yes, it's bizarre now.
That other bit is just about angling for a transfer to Barça, nothing new there.
And Spanish a little later. I suppose that's why people sign along so loudly.
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Well Dutch is basically the same word as Deutsch and has the same meaning. Just shows how closely related the two countries and languages are I guess.'van Duytschen bloedt' didn't mean then what it means now (it basically means Dutch, even if Wilhelm did get born in Dzermany), but yes, it's bizarre now.
That other bit is just about angling for a transfer to Barça, nothing new there.
I think it originally meant something like 'the people' - as in fact many ethnonyms do. ('Allamanni' is a great example, and of course led to French 'Allemagne'.) It was previously in use in English for both countries as well. Or at least, Gulliver's Travels at some point refers to Low Dutch (the Netherlands) and High Dutch (Germany).
)Don't be sorry. While serious this is also much more lighthearted than any discussion of German football could be.I think it originally meant something like 'the people' - as in fact many ethnonyms do. ('Allamanni' is a great example, and of course led to France Allemagne.) It was previously in use in English for both countries as well. Or at least, Gulliver's Travels at some point refers to Low Dutch (the Netherlands) and High Dutch (Germany).
(Yeah yeah, that's geographically high and low...)
Sorry to make this serious. (Sorry-not-sorry: languages are always a great cause for serious talk.
The quality of Germany's players surely is debatable but that they are comfortably better than Japan that primarily consists of average to decent Bundesliga players isn't, IMO. If somebody like Asano looks better than Gnabry, something is going wrong. Even Kamada who is probably one of if not.the best Japanese player would have a hard time making the German squad.
Yeah and we thought the muppets here are bad. William's transfer saga lasted for 80 years.'van Duytschen bloedt' didn't mean then what it means now (it basically means Dutch, even if Wilhelm did get born in Dzermany), but yes, it's bizarre now.
That other bit is just about angling for a transfer to Barça, nothing new there.
I don't call out, I correct pedantically.Yeah and we thought the muppets here are bad. William's transfer saga lasted for 80 years.
I actually knew it doesn't mean that and was fearing I'd get called out by you when posting it
You're laughing now, but I've heard rumours you lot are considering Van Gaal as Flick's successor.
In the Dutch press I take it?
Yes the classic Dutch newspaper Bild Zeitung!
I take anything at this point.
I wasn't aware they had a Dutch edition, but at this point they are probably just throwing random names around for click bait.
I would love to see a repeat of that 2010 Van Gaal speech at Bayern.
Which would imply winning the EC with Germany. I knew it all along!
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Well we saw how Germany performed individually and as a team during the previous WC and Euros.
Not sure what Bayern is trying to do here. No club will be paying an eight figure sum for a sacked coach with Nagelsmann's vita, even less so the DFB. That much should have been clear when they sacked him.
No offense but I think this is not a very educated take. Think of them what you want but it is undeniable that most players perform much better at club level than for German and that alone sheds a very bad light on Flick and Löw.
Yep, they should let him go for free, if he wishes to do so. Just get him of the wage bill.
