Hoffe and the goalkeepers: Tim Wiese was the man paid to sit things out, while Tom Starke was a crowd favourite. Markus Babbel apparently saw things differently in summer 2012 and drove Starke away. Of all destinations, he went to Bayern Munich, Babbel’s former club, where he would later be German champion six times and a Champions League winner in 2013, even if most of that came from the bench or the stands.
Still, he did make ten Bundesliga appearances as Manuel Neuer’s understudy.