New Marseille coach Michel might share a mother tongue with his predecessor Marcelo Bielsa, but the Spaniard says comparisons with the enigmatic Argentine end there. Former Real Madrid and Spain winger Michel was appointed this week on a two-year deal as the successor to Bielsa.

Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost has urged Manchester City target Kevin De Bruyne to snub the English giants and help the German side challenge Bayern Munich for this season's Bundesliga title instead. According to British media reports, City are poised to swoop with a £50 million (69.9m euros, $78.1m) offer for the Belgian attacking midfielder and Wolfsburg, last season's runners-up, are desperate to hold onto their star player.

A second-half strike by Blaise Matuidi gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win away to Montpellier on Friday as the French champions maintained their perfect start to the new Ligue 1 season. Matuidi's 61st-minute goal gave PSG a win that they deserved for their dominance of possession in a match of few chances on a hot night at the Stade de la Mosson.

Nigeria striker Anthony Ujah scored his first Bundesliga goal for Werder Bremen on Friday to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin. The 24-year-old, who signed from Cologne last season, hit a 26th-minute equaliser after Swiss midfielder Valentin Stocker had given the hosts a sixth-minute lead at Berlin's Olympic stadium.

Brazilian star Neymar will miss Barcelona's first La Liga game of the season despite returning to training for the first time in two weeks on Saturday. The 23-year-old has been suffering from mumps and Barca boss Luis Enrique believes it could be some time until he is fully up to speed having missed the majority of pre-season.

Borussia Dortmund bosses want no repeat of their mid-week first-half debacle at Odds when they chase a sixth-straight win of the season at Bundesliga new-boys Ingolstadt on Sunday. Dortmund were 3-0 down after just 22 minutes of Thursday's Europa League qualifying first-leg at Norway's Odds BK before a superb fight-back saw them win 4-3.

Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez accepts he must challenge to win every trophy available this season to satisfy the demands of the club's fans. Benitez will take charge of his first competitive game when Real travel to Sporting Gijon to get their La Liga campaign underway on Sunday.

Champions Juventus will face a challenge on several fronts this season as they bid for a record-equalling fifth consecutive scudetto, says coach Massimiliano Allegri. Juventus won the league and Cup double and missed out on an unprecedented treble, losing to Barcelona in the Champions League final.

Bayern Munich conceded the joint fastest goal in Bundesliga history on Saturday when Hoffenheim striker Kevin Volland slotted home after just nine seconds. Defending champions Bayern gifted hosts Hoffenheim the opener at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena when David Alaba's back pass failed to find Jerome Boateng and Volland, a Germany Under-21 international, darted onto the loose ball and drilled his shot past Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

A 90th-minute Robert Lewandowski goal saw ten-man league leaders Bayern Munich earn a dramatic 2-1 win at Hoffenheim on Saturday after conceding the joint fastest goal in Bundesliga history. The Poland striker sealed the champions comeback after Germany Under-21 striker Kevin Volland had opened the scoring with just nice seconds gone, darting onto David Alaba's loose pass and drilling his shot home at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena.