All I want for Christmas is shampoo & a Manchester City spending spree - what Freiburg, Stuttgart & each German club are hoping to receive from Santa this year

As Father Christmas prepares to make his rounds, Goal.com light-heartedly takes a look at what Bayern Munich, Dortmund and every other Bundesliga side hopes to receive

24 Dec 2011 13:24:00

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By Francois Duchateau, Vasil Kotsev, Enis Koylu, Keeghann Sinanan, and Clark Whitney

The Bundesliga's traditional winter break has come at last, and players in Germany can kick back and relax for a short spell before returning to training in January.

Many will be shopping for Christmas presents for their kids, but on the eve of the age-old holiday, Goal.com asked: what do the clubs themselves want?

So with Mariah Carey's classic song playing in the background, here are what Germany's 18 teams are hoping for from Santa:

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All AUGSBURG want for Christmas is: for it to be June again so they could actually be top of the league

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All BAYERN MUNICH want for Christmas is: a DFL deal to distribute Uli Hoeness' sausages in all Bundesliga stadiums

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All DORTMUND want for Christmas is: a nice suit for Jurgen Klopp

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All FREIBURG want for Christmas is: a sponsorship deal with Head & Shoulders

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All HAMBURG want for Christmas is: the GOOD Chelsea players

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All HANNOVER want for Christmas is: for Jan Schlaudraff to score the 'easy chances' also


Petty Theft | Abdessadki was released by Freiburg after he allegedly stole shampoo

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 All HERTHA BERLIN want for Christmas is: more players who failed at Bayern

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All HOFFENHEIM want for Christmas is: a nickname that doesn't conjure images of a 1970s disco group

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All KAISERSLAUTERN want for Christmas is: Their defenders (Dick, Amedick, Rodnei) to change their names so fans don't burst into giggles reading their line-up every week

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All KOLN want for Christmas is: for Robin Dutt to remain coach of Leverkusen

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 All LEVERKUSEN want for Christmas is: to be allowed to eat Nutella again.


The Grinch | Dutt banned Nutella from his players' diets earlier in the season

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All MAINZ want for Christmas is: a new 'Boy Band' theme from their players


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All MONCHENGLADBACH want for Christmas is: Dante to grow his hair again so they can write 'Jimi Hendrix' on his t-shirts and sell them

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All NURNBERG want for Christmas is: Ilkay Gundogan and Mehmet Ekici

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All SCHALKE want for Christmas is: the "koan Neuer" movement to regain momentum in Munich


Voodoo Child | Dante would look the part with a guitar and flamboyant shirt

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All STUTTGART want for Christmas is: for Man City to take interest in their entire first and second teams so they can spend £200 million on stadium renovations and use their U17s in the Bundesliga

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All WERDER BREMEN want for Christmas is: a city-wide disco-ban for Marko Arnautovic

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All WOLFSBURG want for Christmas is: a bit of love from Felix 'Ebenezer' Magath and not to be running wind sprints on Christmas day

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