German superstar Michael Ballack looking smooth at the SportPresseBall in Frankfurt.

Real Madrid newcomer, Sami Khedira, takes a little time to snap a photo with an adoring fan.

Real madrid newcomer, Mesut Ozil, takes a nice leisurely stroll through the streets of his new home. Nice Shirt Mesy…

Man City full back Jerome Boateng is facing at least a month on the physio’s bench after aggravating a knee injury – by accidentally smashing it against a flight attendant’s drinks trolley.

Showing the sort of awareness and decision making skills you’d expect from your new £12m German international defender, J-Bo was mown down in the freak accident on his way back from Die Mannschaft’s 2-2 draw with Denmark a fortnight ago, in which he had torn a tendon in his left knee.
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Michael Ballack has resumed training at his new club, Bayer Leverkusen. Since signing with the Westphalian side, the 33-year-old midfielder has been in rehabilitation for an ankle injury suffered in his final appearance with former club Chelsea.  For the last 15 minutes of the session, Ballack joined fellow central midfielder Simon Rolfes, also recovering from injury, to work individually with fitness coach Holger Broich.  Leverkusen have pre-season matches on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday of this week, but neither Ballack nor Rolfes is expected to feature in any of the games. Ballack has set his return target for Leverkusen’s Bundesliga season opener, which will be held on August 22.

Stuttgart say their German international midfielder Sami Khedira is poised to join Real Madrid.
A statement from the German team said the clubs had agreed a transfer and his move would go ahead once the 23-year-old had undergone a medical.
Stuttgart managing director Fredi Bobic said they were reluctant to let him go “but we can understand Sami’s wish to further his career at Real.
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