Olympique Marseille are tracking Naldo (Werder Bremen), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), Adil Rami (Lille), Roland Juhasz (Anderlecht) and Daniel Van Buyten (Bayern…

Daniel van Buyten learned only minutes before the opening whistle that he would be replacing an injured Hamit Altintop in FC Bayern’s starting eleven against Bayer Leverkusen. The Belgian international stepped in and performed well in the 3-0 win.

FC Bayern Mnchen defender Lucio will miss Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg at FC Barcelona due to a thigh injury suffered at the weekend but his fellow centre-back Daniel Van Buyten could travel.

Daniel Van Buyten knows FC Bayern Mnchen’s record 12-1 aggregate win over Sporting Clube de Portugal will count for little in the last eight, but told uefa.com the German champions “had fun” as they won 7-1 in Munich.

After scoring at the weekend for Bayern Munich, defender Daniel Van Buyten is turning his attention to keeping the Sporting attack at bay tonight.by Burt Mathew

With the top-of-the-table clash against 1899 Hoffenheim just a few days away, FC Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten talks about the Bundesliga leaders and Bayern’s chances.

Daniel van Buyten says Arsenal are a ‘very attractive club’ amid rumours of interest from the Gunners.

Bayern Munich got their Champions League campaign off to a winning start with a 1-0 win over Steaua Bucarest in rain soaked match. Daniel van Buyten scored the only goal of the game as Bayern dominated the first half, but allowed the Romanians back into the game in the second half.by Burt Mathew