Admittedly, the Bundesliga hasn’t had the big fish of top European football on its hook for a few years now. There are simply too many competitors fishing in the same pond with significantly better bait in the form of thick wads of money. Only record champions Bayern Munich manage to steer a ready, international top star into the highest German league from time to time.
So creativity is required. Borussia Dortmund, for example, has made it a discipline to sign highly talented teenagers from abroad and throw them into the Bundesliga shark tank early on. Once they have swam free there, they are resold to a financially stronger league at a significantly higher price.
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Another option is to sign more experienced players from a smaller European league who see the Bundesliga as the perfect way to attract clubs from Italy, Spain or England. Such as Dortmund’s striker star Erling Haaland, who has enriched the Bundesliga since his move, but is now about to make the leap to a top international club. We’ve rounded up three potential transfers that could follow a similar path and would suit the Bundesliga well.
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- Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax Amsterdam)
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Bayern Munich will reposition themselves in central midfield in the summer. So far, neither Corentin Tolisso nor Marc Roca nor Marcel Sabitzer have been able to recommend themselves in the long term. The head office is undoubtedly a neuralgic point for the people of Munich. Although they have an upscale international format in their ranks with national players Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Thomas Müller and Jamal Musiala, there is still a lack of quality players across the board – especially when regulars like Goretzka are injured again and again.
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