Michael Ballack News

As the end of the 2012/13 season draws near in respective league across the continent, the sight of one side claiming domestic honours at a canter is depressingly widespread.

It was widely speculated that Bayer Leverkusen representatives were recently in London to negotiate with Chelsea over long term Blues' target Andre Schurrle.

The ex-Chelsea midfielder believes that the likes of Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez remain essential to the nation's footballing DNA, but is pleased how adaptable the DFB team are Former Germany captain Michael Ballack has called for the national side to revert to "real strikers" in future after toying with a false number nine in recent matches.

File picture: Former Germany captain Michael Ballack, right, and coach Joachim Loew have ended their feud with Loew accepting an invitation to attend Ballack s farewell game.

The one-time Germany captain will be accompanied by some of the sport's most illustrious names including Jose Mourinho and Bastian Schweinsteiger on an evening he says he wishes to use 'to say goodbye'. 'I want to say goodbye in an honourable way to colleagues and fans and to thank those people who developed me, supported me and challenged me in my ... (more)