Winning Bundesliga won’t be easy for Bayern: Joachim Low

“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.

Germany coach Joachim Low believes Bayern Munich will face a sterner test to claim a fourth successive Bundesliga title this season.

According to the report, Guardiola is intent on leaving Bayern when his deal expires, with tensions said to be high between himself and the club’s hierarchy. To make matters worse, Hamburg already suffered a disappointing defeat to a fourth division team in the first round of the German Cup.

Thomas Tuchel has the unenviable task of succeeding title-winning coach Juergen Klopp on the Borussia Dortmund bench and must rebuild a competitive team after last season’s implosion. No one has won it four times (in a row) up until now and it would be a big step for the club, but we have some strong opponents.

German players that were regarded as either highly promising talents or established and valuable assets to the team, such as Emre Can or Toni Kroos, have left Bayern Munich.

The start of the 53rd Bundesliga season couldn’t have been much easier for the German champions as Hamburg set out from the start to keep the score respectable, given their last visit to Bayern saw them concede eight times without reply.

However, it looks like United manager Louis van Gaal will have to search elsewhere after being told by Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge that the Germany global is not for sale.

There is real quality behind him on the bench in the form of the iconic Franck Ribery, who despite his advanced years may still have something left in the tank, and World Cup victor Mario Gotze.

The opening round of Bundesliga fixtures on Saturday offered plenty of action following Bayern Munich’s convincing victory over Humburger SV on Friday night.

Wolfsburg enjoyed its best season since its surprise run to the 2009 title. Other clubs of the Bundesliga may regard this as an opportunity to swoop in and dethrone Bayern Munich.

Despite the endless rumours about the imminent sales of Mats Hummels, Ilkay Gundogan and Marco Reus the trio decided to commit themselves to the club for at least another season. She recently published her first book on football, ‘An Tagen wie diesen’.