Borussia Dortmund - FC Bayern Munich upcoming | Joey Veerman vs Ismael Saibari

Whereas professional football in the Netherlands has already started on August 2, in Germany play gets underway on Saturday evening with the match for the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich. The departed PSV players Joey Veerman and Ismael Saibari will therefore stand on the field against each other for the first time as opponents.

Saibari made this summer the switch for 55 million euros to FC Bayern Munich after a strong season at PSV and a good World Cup. This calendar year, the midfielder caught the eye of Der Rekordmeister during the match PSV - FC Bayern (1-2) on 28 January in the Champions League, in which Saibari was responsible for a magnificent goal.

That’s what technical director Max Eberl said during the presentation of the Moroccan international. ''We had known Ismael for a while. But the definitive sign that he is the right player for Bayern was the match between PSV and us. Time and again, he caused problems with his speed and versatility, even though we won. He has something special. We were keeping an eye on him. At a certain point, it became clear that we wanted to make a move to strengthen our attack. Both new signings, Nathaniel Brown and Ismael, show that we want to increase our flexibility,'' said Eberl at the press conference.

Alongside Saibari, Joey Veerman also therefore made the move to Germany, but to rival Borussia Dortmund. Veerman was officially presented as a player of Die Schwarzgelben last Tuesday and can therefore make his official debut for BVB on Saturday evening in front of his home crowd at Signal Iduna Park.

In Dortmund, one can't wait to see the midfielder at work. ''Joey is a truly fantastic footballer who has a lot of creativity, technique and insight. At PSV Eindhoven and in the Dutch national team, he has shown that he can deliver consistent top performances. We are very pleased that in the future he will be putting his qualities to use with us,'' said technical director Ole Book of BVB earlier this week on the club website of the Ruhr-area team.

The match Borussia Dortmund - FC Bayern München starts on Saturday evening at 20:30 and can be watched on the German television channel SAT.1. The pre-match coverage begins at 20:05.