Manuel Veth
@manuelveth.bsky.social
PhD King’s College London | Area Manager North America Transfermarkt | | Host and founder of the Bundesliga Gegenpressing Podcast |
Victoria 🇨🇦 / München 🇩🇪
Victoria 🇨🇦 / München 🇩🇪
By the way! This newsletter is free! Shoutout to @danwighton.bsky.social, @matt4d.bsky.social and @sbienkowski.bsky.social, who contributed this week.
The Monday Gegenpressing #Bundesliga Bulletin. This week we covered:
🏴☠️St. Pauli from hero to zero
🎭Bouncy balls in Augsburg
📈Hoffenheim record
💎Diomande to Bayern?
🦅Toppmöller sacked
🐻RB Leipzig collapse
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...
🏴☠️St. Pauli from hero to zero
🎭Bouncy balls in Augsburg
📈Hoffenheim record
💎Diomande to Bayern?
🦅Toppmöller sacked
🐻RB Leipzig collapse
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...
Monday Bulletin: St. Pauli hero to zero, Diomande to Bayern, Hoffenheim record, Frankfurt fire Toppmöller and more!
Hello and welcome to the second edition of the newly revived Gegenpressing Monday Bulletin. This newsletter hopes to provide a vital source of information for any serious Bundesliga fan, as we round u...
gegenpressing.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
By the way! This newsletter is free! Shoutout to @danwighton.bsky.social, @matt4d.bsky.social and @sbienkowski.bsky.social, who contributed this week.
The Monday Gegenpressing #Bundesliga Bulletin. This week we covered:
🏴☠️St. Pauli from hero to zero
🎭Bouncy balls in Augsburg
📈Hoffenheim record
💎Diomande to Bayern?
🦅Toppmöller sacked
🐻RB Leipzig collapse
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...
🏴☠️St. Pauli from hero to zero
🎭Bouncy balls in Augsburg
📈Hoffenheim record
💎Diomande to Bayern?
🦅Toppmöller sacked
🐻RB Leipzig collapse
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...
Monday Bulletin: St. Pauli hero to zero, Diomande to Bayern, Hoffenheim record, Frankfurt fire Toppmöller and more!
Hello and welcome to the second edition of the newly revived Gegenpressing Monday Bulletin. This newsletter hopes to provide a vital source of information for any serious Bundesliga fan, as we round u...
gegenpressing.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The Monday Gegenpressing #Bundesliga Bulletin. This week we covered:
🏴☠️St. Pauli from hero to zero
🎭Bouncy balls in Augsburg
📈Hoffenheim record
💎Diomande to Bayern?
🦅Toppmöller sacked
🐻RB Leipzig collapse
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...
🏴☠️St. Pauli from hero to zero
🎭Bouncy balls in Augsburg
📈Hoffenheim record
💎Diomande to Bayern?
🦅Toppmöller sacked
🐻RB Leipzig collapse
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...
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New from me for Transfermarkt. I got to sit down with Jürgen Klopp to chat about:
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
Jürgen Klopp: Real Madrid link is "all media" - Inside his role at Red Bull
Jürgen Klopp seemed relaxed, almost jovial, when he sat down to speak to a select group of media at the brand-new RB Leipzig headquarters ahead of the Bundesliga Topspiel against Bayern Munich (1-5). ...
www.transfermarkt.us
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New from me for Transfermarkt. I got to sit down with Jürgen Klopp to chat about:
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
New from me for Transfermarkt. I got to sit down with Jürgen Klopp to chat about:
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
Jürgen Klopp: Real Madrid link is "all media" - Inside his role at Red Bull
Jürgen Klopp seemed relaxed, almost jovial, when he sat down to speak to a select group of media at the brand-new RB Leipzig headquarters ahead of the Bundesliga Topspiel against Bayern Munich (1-5). ...
www.transfermarkt.us
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New from me for Transfermarkt. I got to sit down with Jürgen Klopp to chat about:
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
🐂 His role at Red Bull
💰 Beating the transfer market
👑 The Real Madrid links
😎 …and much more!
www.transfermarkt.us/jurgen-klopp...
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IM EXTREMELY WELL NOWWWWWW
I AM LESS UNWELL
I’m unwell
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
IM EXTREMELY WELL NOWWWWWW
I bet you buddy had that Panenka on his mind over the last 24 minutes. And Mendy was just going to stand in the middle out of protest. Hilarious
January 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I bet you buddy had that Panenka on his mind over the last 24 minutes. And Mendy was just going to stand in the middle out of protest. Hilarious
He was always going to miss after all that 🤣
January 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
He was always going to miss after all that 🤣
New #Bundesliga Gegenpressing Pod. @matt4d.bsky.social and I discuss:
🐻Bayern smash Leipzig 5-1
🐝BVB somehow beat St. Pauli
🦅Crisis at Eintracht Frankfurt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXm...
🐻Bayern smash Leipzig 5-1
🐝BVB somehow beat St. Pauli
🦅Crisis at Eintracht Frankfurt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXm...
Bundesliga roundup: Bayern Munich smash Leipzig, Dortmund rescue late win and crisis in Frankfurt
YouTube video by The Gegenpressing Podcast
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January 18, 2026 at 8:12 AM
New #Bundesliga Gegenpressing Pod. @matt4d.bsky.social and I discuss:
🐻Bayern smash Leipzig 5-1
🐝BVB somehow beat St. Pauli
🦅Crisis at Eintracht Frankfurt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXm...
🐻Bayern smash Leipzig 5-1
🐝BVB somehow beat St. Pauli
🦅Crisis at Eintracht Frankfurt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXm...
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No idea how it happened but Bayern won 5-1. My report from Leipzig. english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...
Kane scores as Bayern deliver comeback romp over Leipzig - World - Sports
Harry Kane scored his 21st goal of the Bundesliga season as Bayern Munich came from behind to win 5-1 at RB Leipzig on Saturday.
english.ahram.org.eg
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
No idea how it happened but Bayern won 5-1. My report from Leipzig. english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...
Jamal to Michael = 5-1
Welcome back Jamal Musiala!
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Jamal to Michael = 5-1
Welcome back Jamal Musiala!
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Welcome back Jamal Musiala!
4-1 Bayern. Given how Leipzig started that's so cruel. But Bayern are so brutal when they attack, you can't keep them alive. Leipzig had enough chances to take a significant lead into the break. Only got themselves to blame.
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
4-1 Bayern. Given how Leipzig started that's so cruel. But Bayern are so brutal when they attack, you can't keep them alive. Leipzig had enough chances to take a significant lead into the break. Only got themselves to blame.
Imagine scoring eight goals in three games without winning a single one of them.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Imagine scoring eight goals in three games without winning a single one of them.
Zetterer 30 goals in 18 games with three clean sheets. Not great, but that's only six goals more despite having played an additional 11 games, including five in the Champions League.
The contrast is even starker if you take only Buli games.
The contrast is even starker if you take only Buli games.
About 3-4 of them were his fault. Don't make it about him. Frankfurts main problem is not the keeper.
January 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Zetterer 30 goals in 18 games with three clean sheets. Not great, but that's only six goals more despite having played an additional 11 games, including five in the Champions League.
The contrast is even starker if you take only Buli games.
The contrast is even starker if you take only Buli games.
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Santos 27 goals conceded in eight games
It is the year 2035, Eintracht Fankfurt may have finally realized that they can win games by playing an actual goalkeeper.
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Santos 27 goals conceded in eight games
It is the year 2035, Eintracht Fankfurt may have finally realized that they can win games by playing an actual goalkeeper.
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It is the year 2035, Eintracht Fankfurt may have finally realized that they can win games by playing an actual goalkeeper.
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New for Transfermarkt. Inside Yan Diomande's RB Leipzig move with Jürgen Klopp pivotal and no release clause.
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Inside Yan Diomande's RB Leipzig move with Jürgen Klopp pivotal and no release clause
Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, the list of clubs linked in the Transfermarkt rumor mill to RB Leipzig sensation Yan Diomande is long. “I understand he doesn...
www.transfermarkt.us
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
New for Transfermarkt. Inside Yan Diomande's RB Leipzig move with Jürgen Klopp pivotal and no release clause.
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Josh knows that his president hasn't annexed Canada yet, right?
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Josh knows that his president hasn't annexed Canada yet, right?
New for Transfermarkt. Inside Yan Diomande's RB Leipzig move with Jürgen Klopp pivotal and no release clause.
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Inside Yan Diomande's RB Leipzig move with Jürgen Klopp pivotal and no release clause
Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, the list of clubs linked in the Transfermarkt rumor mill to RB Leipzig sensation Yan Diomande is long. “I understand he doesn...
www.transfermarkt.us
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
New for Transfermarkt. Inside Yan Diomande's RB Leipzig move with Jürgen Klopp pivotal and no release clause.
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Great insight here from Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schäfer on how the club landed Diomande last summer for just €20m from Leganés.
www.transfermarkt.us/inside-yan-d...
Reposted by Manuel Veth
🇩🇪 On the terraces in 2026!
🔴 Bayern ultras criticise collective punishments amid Südkurve closure
⚫️ Leverkusen ultras‘ choreo cancelled amid ongoing dispute with club
🇲🇨 "Kwasni yok": Köln ultras' warning for head coach
Full stories on Gegenpressing ⬇️
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/on-the-ter...
🔴 Bayern ultras criticise collective punishments amid Südkurve closure
⚫️ Leverkusen ultras‘ choreo cancelled amid ongoing dispute with club
🇲🇨 "Kwasni yok": Köln ultras' warning for head coach
Full stories on Gegenpressing ⬇️
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/on-the-ter...
On the terraces: Bayern ultras criticise collective punishments, Leverkusen conflict continues, Köln fans with Kwasniok warning
In a weekly Newsletter, Matt Ford keeps an eye on the action off the pitch in the Bundesliga and German football, explaining what’s going on from choreographies to fan protests to finances.
gegenpressing.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🇩🇪 On the terraces in 2026!
🔴 Bayern ultras criticise collective punishments amid Südkurve closure
⚫️ Leverkusen ultras‘ choreo cancelled amid ongoing dispute with club
🇲🇨 "Kwasni yok": Köln ultras' warning for head coach
Full stories on Gegenpressing ⬇️
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/on-the-ter...
🔴 Bayern ultras criticise collective punishments amid Südkurve closure
⚫️ Leverkusen ultras‘ choreo cancelled amid ongoing dispute with club
🇲🇨 "Kwasni yok": Köln ultras' warning for head coach
Full stories on Gegenpressing ⬇️
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/on-the-ter...
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📽️ Thoughts from Köln last night as Bayern Munich and "extraterrestrial" Harry Kane came behind to win 3-1.
With @manuelveth.bsky.social & @danwighton.bsky.social
🇩🇪 #bundesliga
➡️ gegenpressing.substack.com/p/bundesliga...
With @manuelveth.bsky.social & @danwighton.bsky.social
🇩🇪 #bundesliga
➡️ gegenpressing.substack.com/p/bundesliga...
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
📽️ Thoughts from Köln last night as Bayern Munich and "extraterrestrial" Harry Kane came behind to win 3-1.
With @manuelveth.bsky.social & @danwighton.bsky.social
🇩🇪 #bundesliga
➡️ gegenpressing.substack.com/p/bundesliga...
With @manuelveth.bsky.social & @danwighton.bsky.social
🇩🇪 #bundesliga
➡️ gegenpressing.substack.com/p/bundesliga...
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Tristan Blackmon is here and doing his medicals today. Caps say that was always the plan. 🤷🏻♂️
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Tristan Blackmon is here and doing his medicals today. Caps say that was always the plan. 🤷🏻♂️
The return of Assan Ouédraogo and Yan Diomande to the squad will be crucial for Leipzig's push for a top four finish in the Bundesliga this season.
Story for Gegenpressing
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/why-the-re...
Story for Gegenpressing
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/why-the-re...
Why the return of Assan Ouédraogo and Yan Diomande could kick start RB Leipzig's season
The return of Assan Ouédraogo and Yan Diomande to the squad will be crucial for Leipzig's push for a top four finish in the Bundesliga this season.
gegenpressing.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The return of Assan Ouédraogo and Yan Diomande to the squad will be crucial for Leipzig's push for a top four finish in the Bundesliga this season.
Story for Gegenpressing
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/why-the-re...
Story for Gegenpressing
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/why-the-re...