Summary: Once again we are joined by German football correspondent, commentator and historian Uli Hesse to give us a view of the Bundesliga still early in its new campaign, the national team now setting its course for Brazil 2014 during the next international break and then always taking a deeper look into the early matters involving the key players, clubs and recent decisions affecting the German game. At the very top of this priority list are the two German giants in Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund who have assimilated very different off season strategies designed to keep both clubs in clear confidence of competing for every trophy available and this is where we begin to examine new arrivals, early reflections of new Bayern manager Pep Guardiola and whether the Dortmund thought process was right when taking the less is more route with quality and versatility over quantity in the transfer market. We also take a deeper look at the late move of Mezut Ozil to Arsenal and how he fits within the greater pecking order inside a German national team flush with emerging young midfielders and if by summer he could find himself further marginalized by the likes of Marco Reus and Julian Draxler with regular Champions League minutes. Then we move over to Stuttgart where the club has appointed Thomas Schneider as its new head coach following the departure of Bruno Labbadia and we encounter yet more one interesting trend in young German coaches who are not familiar outside of the Bundesliga but continue to leave a mark on German football once earning their bones in the club game. And then finally we examine the German national team itself to look at Miroslav Klose as he reaches for a once considered unassailable goalscoring record to measure what it means in the bigger picture and what it really says about Gerd Muller so many years later. As always, Uli Hesse delivers his trademark sense of history and deep consideration to all things Germany and its football and is always worth a listen.
