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Five things from the Bundesliga

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BERLIN: Bayern Munich are one win from an eighth straight Bundesliga title after Leon Goretzka inspired Saturday’s narrow win over Moenchengl­adbach, while injury- hit Schalke claimed an unwanted club record.

AFP Sport looks at five key things from this weekend’s action:

No beer showers, no trophy show added he had “no insight into the club’s finances”, but “it’s a bit paradoxica­l to always talk about new players and save on salaries at the same time”.

With Mueller suspended for a fifth yellow card for Bayern’s 21 win over Moenchengl­adbach, Salihamidz­ic said on Saturday that he had “told him ( Mueller) that it was not correct” for players to “comment on transfers”.

On Sunday, Mueller said on Facebook that his opinion had been “proactivel­y” interprete­d by the media and he only wanted “the best possible squad”.

Leipzig braced to lose Werner Third- placed RB Leipzig can book a Champions League place next season by beating Fortuna Duesseldor­f on Wednesday, but head coach Julian Nagelsmann is already planning without Chelseatar­get Timo Werner.

Werner has 25 league goals this season and Chelsea reportedly want to action a release clause to sign him for around 60 million euros (£ 53 million, US$ 67 million).

“Should Timo leave us,” said Nagelsmann on Sunday, Leipzig’s main source of goals will be “gone”.

The transfer is “not sealed yet”, said Nagelsmann, but “when a top player goes, it creates a hole and it is up to us to fill it.”

Schalke’s unwanted record Schalke, who were missing 10 players, set a club record of 13 league games without a win on Sunday as head coach David Wagner was forced to name an inexperien­ced squad

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