Munich - Off the Ball, bundesliga.com's weekday feature, casts an eye over some of the offbeat and occasionally controversial tales to have emerged from Germany's top flight sides.

Today we hear of three crocked FC Bayern München stars working their way back to fitness, discover the steelier side of Hamburger SV coach Bert van Marwijk, and that the greatest German football story ever told is set to make its stage debut.

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