Transfer ticker
Barça extended with Raphinha
Updated on May 22nd, 2025 – 9:38 p.m.Reading time: 7 min.
The Bundesliga season is just over. But the clubs are already planning for the coming season. All important news in the transfer ticker.
This year’s transfer summer has it all. This is because the clubs are allowed to sign players for the first time in two different periods. Due to the club World Cup, the first transfer window for the participating clubs opens on June 1st and then closes again on June 10th. The regular transfer window then goes from July 1st to September 1st.
After coach Hansi Flick, service provider Raphinha has also extended his contract with the Spanish champion FC Barcelona. As the Catalans announced, the 28-year-old signed a new contract until 2028. Raphinha had worn the captain’s bond at Barcelona during the violation of national goalkeeper Marc-André Ter.
The wing striker switched from Leeds United to Barça in 2022. After two ordinary seasons, Raphinha particularly turned up under Flick this season: in 56 competitive games, he has so far reached 34 goals and 25 templates. With Robert Lewandowski and young star Lamine Yamal, he forms one of the most dangerous attacks in Europe.
After promoting the Bundesliga, Thomas Kessler permanently takes on sporting responsibility at 1. FC Köln. The club announced this on Thursday. Kessler signed a contract as a sports director, which is valid until 2027.
The former goalkeeper and head of the license player department had stepped in after the discharge of the sports managing director Christian Keller and fulfilled his task convincingly, the board justified this decision.
With 26 goal participation in 33 competitive games for Borussia Mönchengladbach, Tim Kleindetien was aware of it across competition – also internationally. Most recently, it was reported that European League winner Tottenham Hotspur in particular is interested in the national striker and should even be willing to outbid the minimum blazing of 25 million euros.
But now it is obviously clear: small service remains in Gladbach. At least that reports the “Bild” newspaper. The decision had already been communicated to the team.
Small service is currently still being laboratories on a meniscus damage and operated last Wednesday. Then he contacted Instagram and wrote: “The operation went well. Now it’s full throttle to the front!” And apparently with the Borussia.
Jonathan Asp Jensen is considered one of the greatest talents of FC Bayern. In 2022, the German record champion brought the then 16-year-old Danish junior national player from FC Midtjylland to Säbener Strasse for a total of 1.2 million euros.
After the last eleven templates and five goals in 23 missions for the second team of Bavaria, ASP Jensen is apparently now to take the next step. As the “Bild” newspaper reports, the Dane should be awarded in the coming season. As a possible buyer, Grasshopper is named Zurich, the club should make the relegation in the first Swiss league. However, other first division teams from Switzerland and Austria as well as German second division teams should also be an option.