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<p><strong>Rummenigge: 'Bundesliga is uncompetitive'<br/></strong>Karl-Heinz Rummenigge fears the German Bundesliga has slipped to an irretrievably uncompetitive position within the European footballing hierarchy. </p><p>"This is one of our better seasons in sporting terms, but the Bundesliga is no longer financially competitive," the Bayern chairman declared in an interview published by leading business newspaper <i>Handelsblatt</i> on Tuesday. </p><p>The former world-class striker lamented the fact that German clubs had utterly neglected their overseas marketing activities and had ended up hopelessly behind their leading rivals. </p><p>"We used to have the strongest league in the world," Rummenigge observed, "but now we'll have to watch our backs, or we'll be overtaken by Romania in the UEFA five-year rankings." </p><p>The Bundesliga had been asleep for a decade, the FCB chairman complained. </p><p>The result was that the <strong>German Football League (DFL)</strong> had raised only <font color="#3300ff"> |