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Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski, right, celebrates with teammate Douglas Costa after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, September 22, 2015.

Manchester City face an anxious wait on the fitness of captain Vincent Kompany after he limped out of the Champions League home defeat by Juventus.

The Dutchman then came on to resolve matters and extend Wolfsburg’s unbeaten start to the season with a result which keeps them four points behind league leaders Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola tells his club’s news site that he believes his squad can win the UCL again this year.

Bayern Munich have won five European Cup/Champions League titles.

“You can not improve your team for the Champions League – you have to try to improve for the national competition”.

They take on Kazakh debutants Astana who are the first team from their country to qualify for the Champions League group phase.

Bayern Munich will donate one million euros ($1.11 million) to help migrants and will set up a training camp for those arriving in Munich, as the number coming to the city rises.

“It will be hard but we are better prepared than this time previous year”.

Another highly-talked about summer transfer seems to have finally concluded, as German news outlet Bild are reporting that Manchester City have agreed to sign Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg for a fee of at least €80m.

Kevin Volland believes that Hoffenheim can cause a surprise with an attacking approach against Bayern Munich on Saturday.

“We have to send the right signals, we don’t want anyone to think they can compete with us”, Bayern’s director Matthias Sammer said.

Gotze’s future has been uncertain since he hinted at a problem with coach Pep Guardiola during the recent Audi Cup tournament in Munich.

The season kicks off Friday in Munich, when Bayern hosts Hamburger SV, a team that barely escaped relegation in a playoff and that got eliminated from the German Cup by fourth-tier Jena last weekend.

Guardiola now has the chance to make history with Bayern, and he could do so if he guides his players to a fourth league trophy in a row.