SO Bayern Munich are on a winning streak going back to last year - and their keeper Manuel Neur is so underused in matches that he sometimes does not need a shower.
Add the names of the repulsive Franck Ribery and the similarly bigheaded Arjen Robben and it does not take much to understand why many people cannot stand Bayern.
I truly hope that Jack Wilshere and Co stick one up 'em at the Emirates tonight and bring them down a peg or two.
Why are they known as FC Hollywood? Who in their right mind would want to go and play in a second-rate league that is less Hollywood and more dullsville. Would you pay to watch the German league on the box? Thought not.
And it is to his great discredit that Pep Guardiola chose the easy option - to manage in a poor league with its biggest fish - than to test himself in England's Premier League.
OK, we all know that Pep's plan is to use Bayern as a stepping stone to the really big league of Manchester United, but it is a gamble that could backfire. What if Fergie retires on ill health before his three years at Munich is up?
Will Pep leave Bayern in the lurch and ruin the image of himself as the man with the halo?
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