As Father Christmas prepares to make his rounds, Football Arena lightheartedly takes a look at what each Bundesliga side hopes to receive.
SOURCE: GOAL
Report By Francois Duchateau, Vasil Kotsev, Enis Koylu, Keeghann Sinanan, and Clark Whitney (Goal.com)
The Bundesliga's traditional winter break has come at last, and players in Germany can kick back and relax for a short spell before returning to training in January.
Many will be shopping for Christmas presents for their kids, So with Mariah Carey's classic song playing in the background, here are what Germany's 18 teams are hoping for from Santa:
All AUGSBURG want for Christmas is: for it to be June again so they could actually be top of a league
All BAYERN MUNICH want for Christmas is: a DFL deal to distribute Uli Hoeness' sausages in all Bundesliga stadiums
All DORTMUND want for Christmas is: a nice suit for Jurgen Klopp
All FREIBURG want for Christmas is: a sponsorship deal with Head & Shoulders
All HAMBURG want for Christmas is: the GOOD Chelsea players
All HANNOVER want for Christmas is: for Jan Schlaudraff to score the 'easy chances' also |
| Abdessadki was released by Freiburg after he allegedly stole four bottles of shampoo |
All HERTHA BERLIN want for Christmas is: more players who failed at Bayern
All HOFFENHEIM want for Christmas is: a nickname that doesn't conjure images of a 1970s disco group
All KAISERSLAUTERN want for Christmas is: Their defenders (Dick, Amedick, Rodnei) to change their names so fans don't burst into giggles reading their line-up every week
All KOLN want for Christmas is: for Robin Dutt to remain coach of Leverkusen
All LEVERKUSEN want for Christmas is: to be allowed to eat Nutella again. |
| Dutt banned Nutella from his players' diets earlier in the season |
All MAINZ want for Christmas is: a new 'Boy Band' theme from their players
All MONCHENGLADBACH want for Christmas is: Dante to grow his hair again so they can write 'Jimi Hendrix' on his t-shirts and sell them
All NURNBERG want for Christmas is: Ilkay Gundogan and Mehmet Ekici
All SCHALKE want for Christmas is: the "koan Neuer" movement to regain momentum in Munich |
| Dante would look the part with a guitar and flamboyant (see: Schalke away) shirt |
All STUTTGART want for Christmas is: for Man City to take interest in their entire first and second teams so they can spend €200 million on stadium renovations and use their U17s in the Bundesliga
All WERDER BREMEN want for Christmas is: a city-wide disco-ban for Marko Arnautovic
All WOLFSBURG want for Christmas is: a bit of love from Felix 'Ebenezer' Magath and not to be running wind sprints on Christmas day