Wins in the Confederations Cup and the U-21 Euros have shown that German football continues to get an awful lot of things right, especially when it comes to player development. But the Bundesliga has not been able to fully withstand the powerful wave of Premier League and Paris Saint-Germain money that has been sweeping the continent and has brought the relative lack of investment in the top flight -- €483 million, gross -- in new personnel into sharp focus. It has divided Germans into realists and traditionalists. The latter bemoan the "immoral," destabilising pull of increased liquidity in the market on players, and they fear that the estrangement between the game and its followers is becoming ever greater. The other camp believe that German clubs -- even FC Bayern -- are in danger of getting left behind unless they'll be able to spend similar sums as their international rivals in years to come. Read more http://www.espnfc.us/german-bundesl...front-as-dortmund-schalke-hoffenheim-close-in
