A shining example of 1. FSV Mainz 05’s excellent work at youth level, Jonathan Burkardt helped Germany to victory at the summer’s Euro- pean Under-21 championships and has carried that form over into the new Bundesliga season, with five goals to his name after Matchday 10. Mainz, fifth in the table, continue to flourish under Bo Svensson’s stew- ardship, bringing to mind memorable times past under his illustrious predecessors Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel.