Werder Bremen survive relegation play-off, Bayern win another trophy, and is the Bundesliga about to lose its greatest artist in Thiago?

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The Athletic's Raphael Honigsteion is joined by Christoph Biermann and Jonathan Harding to react to Werder Bremen clinging on to their Bundesliga status by the skin of their teeth after an away goals victory in the play-off against Heidenheim, a result that maybe casts doubt on the future of the relegation play-off itself.

Elsewhere they look at a comfortable victory for Bayern Munich over Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB Pokal final, ponder whether this defeat could hasten the departure of Kai Havertz from Leverkusen, and also consider the future of Bayern's Thiago Alcantara and whether German football should really have shown him more appreciation during his stay at Bayern

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