Archive for November, 2009

• Rakitic agent plays down Palermo interest

  Sunday, November 8th, 2009

  The agent of Schalke midfielder Ivan Rakitic has played down talk of a move to Palermo. The Croatia international is interesting Rosanero president Maurizio Zamparini. Speaking to mediterraneonline.it, Michel Urscheler said: “Rakitic is a player who interests many clubs because he plays for the national team and he is young. I have heard people speak [...]

• Match preview: Bayern – Schalke

  Saturday, November 7th, 2009

  Magath: “Can’t say Bayern are in crisis” “The current league table is no reason for us to get cocky”, stressed head coach Felix Magath ahead of Saturday’s trip to Bayern Munich (kick-off: 1530 CET). “We’ve had to work hard and scrap for our points, and on Saturday we’ll have to be prepared to run and [...]

• Fans meeting with Ivan

  Monday, November 2nd, 2009

  Ivan Rakitic and Gerald Asamoah met with around 200 fans on Saturday at the LaOla in the Veltins Arena where they talked about the current situation in the team, the match against Bayer Leverkusen and the increasingly frequent train rides to away games. “This is really a good thing. On the train you can relax [...]