The Fussball Podcast

Markus Fjørtoft and Jan Åge Fjørtoft analyse Bayern’s statement win, Dortmund’s progress one year under Niko Kovač, Albert Riera’s Bundesliga debut, Urs Fischer’s impact at Mainz, and the rest of the round.
Bayern Munich reasserted their authority with a dominant 5–1 home win over Hoffenheim, restoring a six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund are firmly back in the title conversation. One year on from Kovač’s appointment, we look at the tactical reset, defensive improvement, and why Dortmund now look built for consistency.
Albert Riera’s Bundesliga debut as Eintracht Frankfurt head coach ended in frustration, with a late equaliser denying him a winning start. But there were sings of improvement.
Mainz’s turnaround under Urs Fischer continues to gather momentum, with structure, clarity, and belief returning after a difficult start to the season.
We also touch on Freiburg keeping their European push alive against Werder Bremen, Hamburg’s long-awaited Bundesliga away win at Heidenheim, St. Pauli’s important home victory over Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach earning a valuable point against Bayer Leverkusen, and RB Leipzig edging past Cologne to maintain their top-four push.

“Bundesliga tax”: real insight or lazy football myth?
We put one of the game’s favourite narratives under the microscope.
From Kevin De Bruyne to Erling Haaland, Roberto Firmino to Vincent Kompany, some Bundesliga imports didn’t just survive the Premier League — they shaped it.
Markus & Jan Åge rank the Top 10 Bundesliga → Premier League transfers of all time.
No hype. No full list up front. Just context, careers, and cold facts.

Is the Bundesliga title race genuinely back on? We break down Bayern’s 2–2 draw away at Hamburg and the referee controversy that followed, before analysing Dortmund’s comeback win over Heidenheim that cuts the gap at the top to six points.
We also discuss Albert Riera’s appointment at Eintracht Frankfurt and what we can expect, Hoffenheim’s continued rise under Christian Ilzer, Luka Vušković’s growing influence at Hamburg, and Stuttgart’s late win over Freiburg as the race for Europe tightens.

What's going on at Eintracht Frankfurt? One win in 12 games, five straight matches conceding three goals, out of the European places, and Dino Toppmöller fired. We talk through what’s gone wrong in Frankfurt, why the same problems keep repeating themselves, and what this moment really means for the club.

We then turn to the shock of the Bundesliga weekend as Bayern Munich suffer their first league defeat of the season. Augsburg once again prove to be a difficult opponent, ending Bayern’s long unbeaten run and showing that even this Bayern side can be stopped.

And finally, a special moment in Bundesliga 2, as Edin Džeko rolls back the years to make history. At 39, he becomes the oldest goalscorer in the league’s history, with a finish that felt straight out of his Wolfsburg days.

Why is this current Bayern team operating at a historic level in the Bundesliga. And who's to blame for the discrepancy? Bayern or their opponents?
Jan Åge and Markus Fjørtoft recap Matchday 16 after spending the weekend in Frankfurt, where they watched Eintracht Frankfurt draw 3–3 with Borussia Dortmund live, with Jan also appearing on Doppelpass.
The episode begins with the story of the week: Younes Ebnoutalib scoring for his boyhood club in Frankfurt’s dramatic draw with Dortmund. From there, the focus shifts to Bayern’s 8–1 win over Wolfsburg, the “best ever” debate around this current Bayern side, and why Vincent Kompany’s start in Munich is already drawing comparisons to Pep Guardiola.
They also discuss the Olise and Luis Díaz pairing and whether the Robben and Ribéry comparisons are justified, before running through the rest of the matchday including Stuttgart’s statement win over Leverkusen, Heidenheim–Cologne, Union–Mainz, Freiburg–Hamburg, Gladbach–Augsburg, and the postponed fixtures.