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üAbout the transfer that made Christoph Baumgartner from the Waldviertel region the most expensive Austrian kicker.
The Waldviertler Christoph Baumgartner as the most expensive kicker in Austria of all time: Made possible thanks to the rumored 27 million that Leipzig is said to have transferred to Hoffenheim. Of course, such rankings should be treated with caution. On the one hand, Austria’s superstar David Alaba moved from Bayern Munich to Real Madrid on a free transfer, as did Konrad Laimer from Leipzig to Bayern. In addition, these sums simply cannot be compared with those from earlier days, when Hans Krankl, for example, switched to FC Barcelona. 27 million for a single soccer player already sounds extremely unrealistic – and yet it’s just a no brainer for how international superstars like Kylian Mbappe or Erling Haaland are traded.
It is here in particular that it becomes clear what millions and billions football has become in business over the past few decades. Now the Waldviertel is also part of it – thanks to the exceptional kicker “Baumi”.
