Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Confirmed Transfers

All done, added the 3 clubs now that they're all confirmed.

Just noticed a slight error with Schmid, forgot to put his age in so he's now officially 115 years old. :lol:

Will fix that on next update.
 


Schär to Hoffenheim done. I think he could have done better.
 
It's such an odd decision from Ulreich. 3 years ago he himself talked about being good enough to play for the nationalteam and now that he should enter his prime, he's happy to sign a contract as a back-up keeper behind Neuer? I don't really rate him and don't want him as a back-up, he's in my opinion a good shotstopper with below average reading of the game and a lack of ability on the ball. It doesn't make sense for him or for us.

I guess it means Reina will go back to Napoli?
 
Balu said:
It's such an odd decision from Ulreich. 3 years ago he himself talked about being good enough to play for the nationalteam and now that he should enter his prime, he's happy to sign a contract as a back-up keeper behind Neuer? I don't really rate him and don't want him as a back-up, he's in my opinion a good shotstopper with below average reading of the game and a lack of ability on the ball. It doesn't make sense for him or for us.

I guess it means Reina will go back to Napoli?
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that's what all media reports suggest, but as it's not confirmed yet i decided to leave the info out.

I agree with you on Ulreich. Just keep in mind what one article said: After this shaky season, he is a bit "damaged goods" - no top club would touch him.

The competition for "top german" keeper is over his head, he is way behind Neuer, Leno, Ter Stegen, and a couple of others.
So he can be first keeper (always in danger of finding himself on the bench when the coach feels there is need to change something) to a mid-range team - just as he was in Stuttgart. Or he can go to Bayern, collect some silverware, with the option of getting the odd game to play, even in CL. As Barca have shown, the times of the dedicated #1 keeper who will always play as long as he an limp on the field are bound to be over anyway.
He *could* be wasting the best years of his career on the bench, but that is an option a goalkeeper is always facing. No other football position is as dependent on managing the be on the pitch in the right moment. At Bayern, there is at least a chance he might be needed in (for him) the right moment, just imagine Neuer being out injured for a few weeks.
At a club that will sign him as a #1, he has no chance at all to shine.
 
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strongwalker said:
As Barca have shown, the times of the dedicated #1 keeper who will always play as long as he an limp on the field are bound to be over anyway.
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I doubt they'll continue to handle their goalkeepers that way. If ter Stegen develops further, he has to be the clear number 1 in the league and the CL, everything else would be silly and harmful to the goalkeeper and the team. Barca always gave the back-up goalkeeper the domestic cup games to play, which seems a fair thing to do. Least meaningful competition, you can keep the squad happy and give your main goalkeeper a rest from time to time. But with an iconic goalkeeper like Neuer, who demands to play every game there's no way that'll happen, especially because we play less games in Germany than in Spain (4 league games less and single knockout games in the cup instead of the two-legged ties in Spain).

The arrangement kinda made sense last season because Barca signed a young talent and a good experienced goalkeeper. They kept both happy and were on the safe side if Ter Stegen had significant problems to perform in the new environment. That works for one, maybe two years at best.

strongwalker said:
At a club that will sign him as a #1, he has no chance at all to shine.
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I don't think that's true and I think it's a bit sad, if he hopes to shine because Neuer gets injured or suspended. I'd understand it a lot more if he was around 32 and had only a few years left and wanted to win some titles at the end of his career. But at 26? He should have the ambition to play week in, week out and improve.
 
The only situation I really would understand it is when he would see it as a learning experience for a later job as first keeper. Heinz Müller - who was practising with the team 2 months last year - told how much more competitive it was for a goalkeeper in training sessions at Bayern than it ever was before in his other clubs.

http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/heinz-mueller/torwart-praktikant-beim-fc-bayern-38540952.bild.html

He is 26 - if he does 2 years as a reserve keeper at Bayern he still has another 7 or more years somewhere else...
 


I do not know if it was confirmed before. But Drmic signed with Gladbach.
 
That's a fantastic replacement for Kruse. He was criminally underused at Leverkusen last season. Silly to sell him so quickly. How much does he cost? Can't find anything about the amount Gladbach has to pay.
 
Balu said:
That's a fantastic replacement for Kruse. He was criminally underused at Leverkusen last season. Silly to sell him so quickly. How much does he cost? Can't find anything about the amount Gladbach has to pay.
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5 starts, 4 goals last season in Bundesliga. Leverkusen are idiots.

Will update the thread in a few hours when I get home!
 
Balu said:
That's a fantastic replacement for Kruse. He was criminally underused at Leverkusen last season. Silly to sell him so quickly. How much does he cost? Can't find anything about the amount Gladbach has to pay.
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10 mil. € according to most papers.
 
Frankfurt have signed a 24 year old goalkeeper from Austria Wien on a free.

 
Schalke signed Geis. Fantastic for them. They could play with a midfield of Geis, Goretzka and Meyer with Draxler & Sané on the wings. Definitely an exciting team. Should be interesting to follow, if Breitenreiter does a good job in developing the kids.



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Seems like Caicara is also almost done. Schalke could play something like:

Draxler (21) Huntelaar (31) Sané (19)
Meyer (19)
Goretzka (20) Geis (21)
Kolasinac (22) Nastasic (22) Höwedes (27) Caicara (26)
Fährmann (26)

could be their best formation over the next 2 years. I don't really get why they haven't signed one of the many talented German goalkeepers, all their options in goal have been awful for 4 years now.
 
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The transfer of Borussia Dortmund´s back up keeper Mitchell Langerak to Stuttgart was confirmed by their DoF Dutt an hour ago. Transfer fee according to most papers 3,5 Mil. €.

A fantastic deal for Dortmund in my eyes. They got the same amount of money for a player with one year left on contract as they spend for the way higher rated and more proven Roman Bürki.
 
Sphaero said:
The transfer of Borussia Dortmund´s back up keeper Mitchell Langerak to Stuttgart was confirmed by their DoF Dutt an hour ago. Transfer fee according to most papers 3,5 Mil. €.

A fantastic deal for Dortmund in my eyes. They got the same amount of money for a player with one year left on contract as they spend for the way higher rated and more proven Roman Bürki.
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I'm completely baffled by Stuttgart's decision to spend that kind of money on Langerak. With all due respect to Mitch but he's one of the worst goalkeepers in the league if they sign him as their #1. Not that Ullreich was much better, but I would have expected them to go for someone a bit better.
 
OP updated.

*slight error on the Net Spend Table with some of the Players In/Out values are 0. Have fixed the spreadsheet and will update the image later.
 
Bazi said:
I'm completely baffled by Stuttgart's decision to spend that kind of money on Langerak. With all due respect to Mitch but he's one of the worst goalkeepers in the league if they sign him as their #1. Not that Ullreich was much better, but I would have expected them to go for someone a bit better.
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He will be just the backup keeper to Przemyslaw Tyton
 
Blackwidow said:
He will be just the backup keeper to Przemyslaw Tyton
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It is highly unlikely that he leaves Dortmund´s bench to sit on Stuttgart´s. Langerak actually enjoyed living in Dortmund and probably also earned more money there than he would as Stuttgart´s number two. The willingness of Stuttgart to pay 3,5 Mil. € for him also indicates that he comes as the next starting keeper.

It is of course possible that he does not deliver and Tyton takes his place, but Tyton is also not some kind of world beater. One decent season at a small Spanish Club after not making the cut at Eindhoven does not change that.

It will be at most a duel on eye level which is more than Langerak could have hoped for in Dortmund.
 
Balu said:
Schalke signed Geis. Fantastic for them. They could play with a midfield of Geis, Goretzka and Meyer with Draxler & Sané on the wings. Definitely an exciting team. Should be interesting to follow, if Breitenreiter does a good job in developing the kids.


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Seems like Caicara is also almost done. Schalke could play something like:

Draxler (21) Huntelaar (31) Sané (19)
Meyer (19)
Goretzka (20) Geis (21)
Kolasinac (22) Nastasic (22) Höwedes (27) Caicara (26)
Fährmann (26)

could be their best formation over the next 2 years. I don't really get why they haven't signed one of the many talented German goalkeepers, all their options in goal have been awful for 4 years now.
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Imo Fährmann has performed really well for them since his return. Their problems lie elsewhere: They lack left backs, a striker and they could probably do with one or two more CMs. Definitely an exciting team to watch, but imo that might just be their problem: all of them supposedly have a lot of potential, but only few of them have really shown it (consistently) on the pitch yet. I think there is a certain risk that fans and/or the media will get carried away and expect to see that potential manifest itself on the pitch too soon.

And I agree with Sphaero: why would Langerak prefer Stuttgart's bench over Dortmund's? And why would Stuttgart sign a number two for a fee that is higher than most of their outfield starter's? Over the past three seasons only Kostic cost them more. Which makes me wonder why they blow so much of their budget on a keeper who barely played at all for years now.
 
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tuchel has made good choices so far, transfer wise. Jojic and Langerak out so far, hoping on Immobile to join them. Jojic looks a good player, just too much competition in that Dortmund attacking midfield with Reus, Kagawa, Mikhi, Kampl and Kuba.
 
Trapp to PSG, €9.5 million. Another step towards having a German keeper at every top club in Europe. :)
 
RedSky said:
I meant from Dortmund, I'd have thought there would be more than enough buyers in Serie A. He did well over there.
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With the 2 Milan clubs looking to contend for a CL spot, he would have gone to a lesser team than Sevilla i guess.
 
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