From this week's Flying Kiwis.
Singh named in the Team of the Week. Pity Olympics weren't a month earlier. Also some interesting info on Liga 2.
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2021/7/27/flying-kiwis-july-27The thing you’ve gotta know about the second tier of German football this season is that it’s hard case. One of the main reasons that Sarpreet Singh didn’t click with FC Nürnberg is that FCN is a hugely storied club with a heap of fans and when they got off to a rough start they weren’t in the business of indulging a loan player who didn’t quite fit the style they were playing. Or, at least, the style they were planning on reverting to in order to ease the pressure they were under.
And while the 2. Liga was had a couple similar situations last season, this time around it’s absolutely brimming with them. Schalke and Werder Bremen were both relegated (while FC Köln only avoided that fate thanks to a playoff win), joining other famous clubs such as FCN, Hamburger SV, Fortuna Düsseldorf, and Hannover 96 in tier two of Germany footy. Incredibly if you take Bayern Munich out of the equation then there are more historic league titles in the second division than in the Bundesliga itself this term and it’s not even close (42 titles to 26). There are European winners in that group. Werder Bremen of course won a Cup Winners’ Cup back in the Wynton Rufer days.