Cologne –
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Sead Kolasinac returned to Schalke, Luka Jovic from Real to Frankfurt after his dreams had broken. Max Meyer hopes for a career turnaround in Cologne. Leverkusen signed Timothy Fosu-Mensah from Manchester United – there were a few well-known changes recently. Nevertheless, this transfer window, which closes on Monday, is considered the most difficult in ages. The record times are long gone.
With around 45 million euros, the Bundesliga clubs spent less than they have for seven years. And that includes the 20 million that RB Leipzig pushed over to his farm team RB Salzburg for talent Dominik Szoboszlai. Many clubs have a need, but Corona also throws the spoiled football in the balance.
The income on the club side has collapsed. The clubs often have squads and salaries that are too large. They sit on top of a lot of players they want to part with. But most of them have well-paid old contracts that they would no longer receive anywhere else in these times. If these are separated, then almost only in combination with compensation. In times of the pandemic, the clubs often fall on their feet, but who could have expected a pandemic?
The clubs have to save. Nevertheless, no league recorded a larger transfer minus (37.5 million) than the German. But this is not due to large transfer expenses. Because most of the bills were loan or transfer free. It is due to the lack of transfer income. They have almost completely collapsed in the midst of the pandemic and since Brexit. With Schalke’s Matondo and the Mainz Mateta, only two players switched to the previously so lucrative Premier League. On loan.
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