The summer transfer window has thrown up some interesting movements in and out. Defending champions Bayern Munich have brought in Min-jae Kim, Konrad Laimer and Raphael Guerreiro, big rivals, Borussia Dortmund have been busy as well with the arrival of Ramy Bensebaini. Bayer Leverkusen have brought in Granit Xhaka and Jonas Hofmann. Liverpool’s former Guinean midfielder, Naby Keita has returned to Germany with Werder Bremen.
Here’s a run down of the transfers below…
Ausburg
In: Mergim Berisha (Fenerbahce, loan made permanent), Tim Breithaupt (Karlsruhe), Finn Dahmen (Mainz), Lucas Ehrlich (Dynamo Dresden), Raphael Framberger (Sandhausen, end of loan), Lasse Günther (Jahn Regensburg, end of loan), Maurice Malone (Wolfsberger, end of loan), Sven Michel (Union Berlin), Masaya Okugawa (Arminia Bielefeld), Patric Pfeiffer (Darmstadt), Jozo Stanic (Varazdin, end of loan), Phillip Tietz (Darmstadt), Frederik Winther (Brondby, end of loan)
Out: Julian Baumgartlinger (out of contract), Daniel Caligiuri (out of contract), Tim Civeja (Saarbrücken), Rafal Gikiewicz (out of contract), Felix Götze (Rot-Weiß Essen, loan made permanent), Lasse Günther (Wehen Wiesbaden, loan), Andre Hahn (out of contract), Daniel Klein (Sandhausen, loan), Henri Koudossou (Den Haag, loan), Benjamin Leneis (Zwickau), Ricardo Pepi (PSV Eindhoven), Tobias Strobl (retired), Kelvin Yeboah (Genoa, end of loan)
Bayer Leverkusen
In: Arthur (America Mineiro), Victor Boniface (Union Saint-Gilloise), Sadik Fofana (Nuremberg, end of loan), Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica), Jonas Hofmann(Borussia Mönchengladbach), Gustavo Puerta (Nuremberg, end of loan), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)
Out: Charles Aranguiz (Porto Alegre), Ayman Azhil (Borussia Dortmund II), Mitchel Bakker (Atalanta), Karim Bellarabi (out of contract), Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), Sadik Fofana (Fortuna Sittard, loan), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea, end of loan), Lennart Grill (Union Berlin, loan made permanent), Andrey Lunev (out of contract), Paulinho (Atletico Mineiro), Daley Sinkgraven (Las Palmas)
Bayern Munich
In: Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Min-jae Kim (Napoli), Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig), Alexander Nübel (Monaco, end of loan), Marcel Sabitzer (Manchester United, end of loan), Malik Tillman (Rangers, end of loan), Gabriel Vidovic (Vitesse, end of loan)
Out: Bright Arrey-Mbi (Hannover, loan made permanent), Daley Blind (Girona), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, end of loan), Lucas Hernandez (Paris Saint-Germain), Alexander Nubel (VfB Stuttgart, loan), Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), Johannes Schenk (Preußen Münster, loan), Sarpreet Singh (Hansa Rostock)
Bochum
In: Matus Bero (Vitesse), Lukas Daschner (St. Pauli), Luis Hartwig (St. Pölten, end of loan), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (Magdeburg), Noah Loosli (Grasshoppers), Lys Mousset (Nimes, end of loan), Tim Oermann (Wolfsberg, end of loan), Ivan Ordets (Dynamo Moscow, loan extended), Felix Passlack (Borussia Dortmund), Moritz Römling (Rot-Weiß Essen, end of loan), Niclas Thiede (Verl)
Out: Silvere Ganvoula (Young Boys), Paul Grave (Wuppertal, loan), Dominique Heintz (Union Berlin, end of loan), Jannes Horn (Nuremberg, loan made permanent), Saidy Janko (Real Valladolid, end of loan), Marko Johansson (Hamburg, end of loan), Pierre Kunde (Olympiacos, end of loan), Vasilios Lampropoulos (Crete), Keven Schlotterbeck (Freiburg, end of loan), Kostas Stafylidis (out of contract)
Borussia Dortmund
In: Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Thorgan Hazard (PSV Eindhoven, end of loan), Felix Nmecha (Wolfsburg), Marcel Sabitzer (Bayern Munich)
Out: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Mahmoud Dahoud (Brighton and Hove Albion), Raphael Guerreiro (Bayern Munich), Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt, loan made permanent), Anthony Modeste (out of contract), Felix Passlack (Bochum), Tom Rothe (Holstein Kiel, loan), Nico Schulz (released), Luca Unbehaun (Verl)
Borrusia Monchengladbach
In: Fabio Chiarodia (Werder Bremen), Tomas Cvancara (Sparta Prague), Robin Hack (Arminia Bielefeld), Franck Honorat (Stade Brest), Moritz Nicolas (Roda, end of loan), Grant-Leon Ramos (Bayern Munich II), Rocco Reitz (Sint-Truiden, end of loan), Lukas Ullrich (Hertha Berlin), Julian Weigl (Benfica, loan made permanent)
Out: Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Beyer (Burnley, loan made permanent), Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), Jonas Kersken (Arminia Bielefeld, loan), Conor Noß (Blau Weiss Linz), Lars Stindl (Karlsruhe), Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan)
Cologne
In: Julian Chabot (Sampdoria, loan made permanent), Jacob Christensen (Nordsjaelland), Noah Katterbach (Hamburg, end of loan), Marvin Obuz (Holstein Kiel, end of loan), Jonas Nickisch (RB Leipzig), Leart Paqarada (St. Pauli), Luca Waldschmidt (Wolfsburg, loan)
Out: Sebastian Andersson (out of contract), Ondrej Duda (Hellas Verona, loan made permanent), jonas Hector (retired), Timo Horn (out of contract), Tim Lemperle (Greuther Fürth, loan), Kingsley Schindler (out of contract), Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), Marvin Obuz (Rot-Weiss Essen, loan), Jonas Urbig (Greuther Fürth, loan)
Darmstadt
In: Morten Behrens (Waldhof Mannheim, end of loan), Nemanja Celic (LASK, end of loan), Fraser Hornby (Reims), Christoph Klarer (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Antonis Makatounakis (Crete, end of loan), Matej Maglica (VfB Stuttgart, loan), Andreas Müller (Magdeburg), Fabian Nürnberger (Nuremberg)
Out: Yassin Ben Balla (Sandhausen), Keanan Bennetts (Wehen Wiesbaden), Henry Crosthwaite (Hallesche, loan), Andre Leipold (Lafnitz), Steve Kroll (out of contract), Patric Pfeiffer (Augsburg), John Sesay (Union Titus Petingen, loan), Philipp Sonn (Wormatia Worms), Phillip Tietz (Augsburg), Magnus Warming (Torino, end of loan)
Eintracht Frankfurt
In: Ragnar Ache (Greuther Fürth, end of loan), Ali Akman (Göztepe, end of loan), Davis Bautista (SD Aucas), Eric Junior Ebimbe (Paris Saint-Germain, loan made permanent), Noel Futkeu (Schwarz-Weiß Essen), Jens Petter Hauge (Gent, end of loan), Ansgar Knauff (Borussia Dortmund, loan made permanent), Robin Koch (Leeds United, loan), Hugo Larsson (Malmo), Omar Marmoush (Wolfsburg), Igor Matanovic (St. Pauli, end of loan), Philipp Max (PSV Eindhoven, loan made permanent), Jessic Ngankam (Hertha Berlin), Jerome Onguene (Red Bull Salzburg, end of loan), Willian Pacho (Royal Antwerp), Ellyes Skhiri (Cologne)
Out: Ragnar Ache (Kaiserslautern), Daichi Kamada (out of contract), Evan Ndicka (Roma), Jan Schröder (out of contract), Almamy Toure (out of contract)
Freiburg
In: Junior Adamu (Red Bull Salzburg), Florian Müller (VfB Stuttgart), Keven Schlotterbeck (Bochum, end of loan)
Out: Nishan Burkart (Winterthur, loan made permanent), Kimberly Ezekwem (Paderborn, loan), Mark Flekken (Brentford), Woo-yeong Jeong (VfB Stuttgart), Nils Petersen (retired), Kevin Schade (Brentford, loan made permanent), Jonathan Schmid (out of contract), Lino Tempelmann (Schalke), Robert Wagner (Greuther Fürth, loan)
Heidenheim
In: Eren Dinkci (Werder Bremen, loan), Nikola Dovedan (Austria Vienna), Benedikt Gimber (Regensburg), Marvin Pieringer (Schalke), Tim Siersleben (Wolfsburg, loan made permanent), Omar Traore (Osnabrück)
Out: Mert Arslan (Lokomotive Leipzig), Merveille Biankadi (Arminia Bielefeld), Dzenis Burnic (Karlsruhe), Andreas Geipl (Regensburg), Marvin Rittmüller (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Hoffenheim
In: Kasim Adams (Basel, end of loan), Maximilian Beier (Hannover, end of loan), Melayro Bogarde (Zwolle, end of loan), Marius Bülter (Schalke), Florian Grillitsch (Ajax), Marco John (Greuther Fürth, end of loan), Justin Justvan (Paderborn), Diadie Samassekou (Olympiacos, end of loan), Attila Szalai (Fenerbahce)
Out: Angelino (RB Leipzig, end of loan), Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig), Ermin Bicakcic (out of contract), Justin Che (FC Dallas, end of loan), Munas Dabbur (Shabab Al-Ahli), Thomas Delaney (Sevilla, end of loan), Kasper Dolberg (Nice, end of loan), Jacob Bruun Larsen (Burnley, loan), Philipp Pentke (out of contract), Stefan Posch (Bologna, loan made permanent), Eduardo Quaresma (Sporting Lisbon, end of loan), Sebastian Rudy (out of contract)
Mainz
In: Daniel Batz (Saarbrücken), Ben Bobzien (Elversberg, end of loan), Tom Krauß (RB Leipzig), Anderson Lucoqui (Hansa Rostock, end of loan), Merveille Papela (Sandhausen, end of loan), Ronael Pierre-Gabriel (Espanyol, end of loan), Sepp van den Berg (Liverpool, loan)
Out: Finn Dahmen (Augsburg), Angelo Fulgini (Lens, loan made permanent), Marcus Ingvartsen (Nordsjaelland), Lucas Laux (Sandhausen, loan), Anderson Lucoqui (Hertha Berlin), Aaron Martin (Genoa), Kaito Mizuta (Bielefeld), Marlon Mustapha (Como)
RB leipzig
In: Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (Paris Saint-Germain), Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool, loan), Fabrice Hartmann (Sligo Rovers, end of loan), Frederik Jäkel (Arminia Bielefeld, end of loan), Ilaix Moriba (Valencia, end of loan), Hugo Novoa (Basel, end of loan), Lois Openda (Lens), Nicolas Seiwald (Red Bull Salzburg), Benjamin Sesko (Red Bull Salzburg), Xavi Simons (Paris Saint-Germain, loan), Alexander Sorloth (Real Sociedad, end of loan), Leopold Zingerle (Paderborn)
Out: Angelino (Galatasaray, loan), Sanoussy Ba (LASK, loan), Dennis Borkowski (Dynamo Dresden, loan), Abdou Diallo (Paris Saint-Germain, end of loan), Marcel Halstenberg (Hannover), Mehmet Ibrahimi (Blau Weiss Linz), Tom Krauß (Mainz), Konrad Laimer (Bayern Munich), Josep Martinez (Genoa, loan made permanent), Jonas Nickisch (Cologne), Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea), Orjan Nyland (out of contract), Oskar Preil (out of contract), Tim Schreiber (Saarbrücken, loan), Alexander Sorloth (Villarreal), Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool)
Union Berlin
In: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United, loan), Laurenz Dehl (Viktoria Berlin, end of loan), David Fofana (Chelsea, loan), Lennart Grill (Bayer Leverkusen, loan made permanent), Dominique Heintz (Bochum, end of loan), Benedict Hollerbach (SV Wehen Wiesbaden), Mikkel Kaufmann (Copenhagen), Alex Kral (Spartak Moscow, loan), Diogo Leite (Porto, loan made permanent), Alexander Schwolow (Hertha Berlin), Tim Skarke (Schalke, end of loan), lucas Tousart (Hertha Berlin)
Out: Timo Baumgartl (PSV Eindhoven, end of loan), Keita Endo (Eintracht Braunschweig, loan extended), Niko Gießelmann (out of contract), Lennart Grill (Osnabrück, loan), Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart, loan), Tim Maciejewski (Sandhausen), Sven Michel (Augsburg), Kevin Möhwald (Eupen), Levin Öztunali (Hamburg), David Preu (Aalen, loan), Tymoteusz Puchacz (Kaiserslautern, loan), Paul Seguin (Schalke), Rick van Drongelen (Samsunspor)
VfB Stuttgart
In: Momo Cisse (Wisla Krakow, end of loan), Serhou Guirassy (Rennes, loan made permanent), Woo-yeong Jeong (Freiburg), Jamie Leweling (Union Berlin, loan), Matej Maglica (St. Gallen), Roberto Massimo (Academico Viseu, end of loan), Jovan Milosevic (Vojvodina), Maximilian Mittelstädt (Hertha Berlin), Clinton Mola (Blackburn Rovers, end of loan), Alexander Nubel(Bayern Munich, loan), Mohamed Sankoh (Vitesse, end of loan)
Out: Antonis Aidonis (Aris Saloniki), Tanguy Coulibaly (out of contract), Wahid Faghir (Elversberg, loan), Alou Kuol (Central Coast Mariners), Matej Maglica (Darmstadt, loan), Florian Müller (Freiburg), Tiago Tomas (Sporting Lisbon, end of loan)
Werder Bremen
In: Oliver Burke (Millwall, end of loan), Daniel Ihendu (RB Leipzig), Naby Keita (Liverpool), Ethan Kohler(Oakland Roots), Dawid Kownacki (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Justin Njinmah (Borussia Dortmund II, end of loan), Nicolai Rapp (Kaiserslautern, end of loan), Nick Woltemade (Elversberg, end of loan)
Out: Mio Backhaus (Volendam, loan), Dominik Becker (Saarbrücken, loan made permanent), Fabio Chiarodia (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Eren Dinkci (Heidenheim, loan), Yannik Engelhardt (Freiburg, loan made permanent), Abdenego Nankishi (Heracles Almelo, loan extended), Kyu-hyun Park (Dynamo Dresden, loan made permanent), Maximilian Philipp (Wolfsburg, end of loan), Oscar Schönfelder (Jahn Regensburg, loan made permanent)
Wolfsburg
In: Vaclav Cerny (Twente), Anselmo Garcia MacNulty (Breda, end of loan), Moritz Jenz (Lorient), Ulysses Llanez (St. Pölten, end of loan), Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen, end of loan), Tiago Tomas (Sporting Lisbon), Aster Vranckx (AC Milan, end of loan), Cedric Zesiger (Young Boys)
Out: Bartosz Bialek (Eupen, loan), Franco Di Michele Sanches (Saarbrücken), Josuha Guilavogui (out of contract), Yoon-sang Hong (Pohang Steelers), Bryang Kayo (Ingolstadt), Anselmo Garcia MacNutly (PEC Zwolle), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund), Paulo Otavio (Al-Sadd), Marin Pongracic (Lecce, loan made permanent), Tim Siersleben (Heidenheim, loan made permanent), Luca Waldschmidt (Cologne, loan)
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