The German top flight is ranked fourth in Europe in UEFA's league coefficient and is the number one football league in the world in terms of average attendance.
Some of the best football arenas feature in the Bundesliga which can also be credited with the best coaching facilities anywhere in Europe. Thus, the league is a hotbed for superb modern-day coaching alongside world class talent.
However, record holders Bayern Munich are on a magnificent run of nine successive title wins and it is that monopoly which attracts most of the league's criticism. Another triumph will make it a resounding 10th back-to-back title which the rest of the league is desperate to prevent.
With that in mind, we have adopted several in-play trends for Bundesliga games to deduce the most likely contenders for Bayern's custom-made crown in the upcoming season.
Bayern Munich
They are expected to steamroll their way to another title under Julian Nagelsmann and winning the Bundesliga is almost muscle memory to the Bavarians. Bayern Munich are undergoing a mini-rebuild with the squad and coaching staff but anything less than the minimum required league title would be perceived as failure.The exit of some of the old guard and an incoming young manager promises a successful new era, however, rivals would be hoping for a slip-up in a transitional year. Nagelsmann is one of the brightest managers in the modern game and Bayern can look forward to many more years of utter domination under the 33-year-old.
Bayern have laid the foundations for a successful transition - no less in the acquisition of Dayot Upamecano - and Nagelsmann only has to ensure stability and continuity at the biggest managerial job in Germany. Robert Lewandowski is going strong at 32 and goal-scoring hopes will once again rest on last season's leading goal scorer who will be supplemented by world class players.
With the Pole at his brilliant best, Bayern will always be favourites to rule the German top-flight again.
Borussia Dortmund
BVB have gone about their business this summer with typical savviness and are well-placed to prevent Bayern from romping to another title after a stable couple of years. The Signal Iduna Park side have been excruciatingly close yet so far from winning the title particularly in the last two seasons and will be quietly confident of a title upset in 2021/22.Marco Rose has been appointed and the ex-Borussia Monchengladbach manager's priority is undoubtedly plotting a coup on the Bundesliga title. It remains to be seen whether marksman Erling Haaland would stay in Dortmund this season, but despite the exit of Jadon Sancho, the rest of the squad can call on the experience of finishing second-best to Bayern as well as the hurt that comes with it.
Crucially, they will be hoping the seismic changes in Bavaria could swing momentum in their favour and steal a march on Bayern.
Possessing a supremely talented young squad keen to learn and win big honours, Rose walks into an environment ready to shock the Bavarian Colossus and win their first title since 2012. The German tactician will also be motivated by the opportunity to finally make a mark with one of the country's super clubs.
Dortmund are backed by history and a famously passionate support, it would be fool-hardy to rule them out of another marathon chase against Germany's perennial champions.
RB Leipzig
Die Roten Bullen have progressed in leaps and bounds as a club since being formed in 2009. Backed by their world-renowned owners, Leipzig have also adapted the strength of the Bull.Three successive top three finishes culminated in a runner-up place last season and there is an air of eventuality about Leipzig winning the Bundesliga.
After two successful years domestically and on the continent, Nagglesmann has been replaced by Jesse Marsch from sister club RB Salzburg and the American could make the key difference this season. Leipzig have sold some key players in recent years but this well-run club will retain that crucial stability that has characterized their meteoric rise to the top-end of German football.
They stunned the superpowers by leading the rest of the chasing pack 13 points behind the 2020/21 champions and Bayern and Dortmund would be making nervous glances over their shoulders this season.
Beware of the German Red Bulls.
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