Transfer ticker
FC Bayern sells talent to Austria
Updated on May 28, 2025 – 10:14 p.m.Reading time: 15 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 extends from July 1st to September 1st.
The German vice champion Bayer Leverkusen is apparently faced with goalkeeper Mark Flekken. As the TV broadcaster Sky reports, the Rhinelanders and the former Freiburg goalkeeper agreed on a contract until 2028. A transfer fee between 10 and 14 million euros is under discussion.
Flekken, who played eight caps for the Netherlands, has a contract at FC Brentford in the English Premier League until summer 2027. The 1.94 meter tall goalkeeper has had a strong playing time and is faced with a move to Leverkusen before jumping into the Champions League.
In the goalkeeper position there is a need for Bayer. Captain Lukas Hradecky has been 35 years old and will soon be replaced. The attempt to build Matěj Kovář as the successor has apparently not succeeded in the satisfaction of the Bayer bosses. Kovář is to be resumed if flekken is committed.
FC Bayern sells talent Frans to Red Bull Salzburg. This was announced by the German record champions on Wednesday. The defensive player was last loan to VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Heidenheim. Now Bavaria separates permanently from the 22-year-old. In Salzburg he receives a contract until 2028.
Krätzig has been running for the professionals of FC Bayern seven times, but has not yet been able to prevail permanently. “He is another player who was trained by FC Bayern and makes his way in professional football. We wish him all the best,” quotes Bayern sports director Christoph Freund. It is not known which transfer fee Salzburg transfers for the services from Krätzig to Munich.
With 22 goals, Davie Selke was instrumental in the Bundesliga promotion of Hamburger SV in the past second division season. Nevertheless, the signs are apparently on separation. You can find out more about the background here.
For a few days now, Xabi Alonso has also been officially the new Real Madrid coach and is now starting to rebuild the club after an unsuccessful season. According to a report, he would like to get rid of an ex-Bayern star. You can read here.
According to information from the Pay TV station “Sky”, FC Liverpool has entered the race for Frankfurt’s striker Hugo Ekitiké. Initial talks between the English champion and the management of the striker are said to have already taken place. An official offer should not have existed so far.
Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche demands a transfer fee of at least 100 million euros for the Frenchman. In the summer of 2024, Ekitiké moved from Paris Saint-Germain to the Hesse for 16.5 million euros. Previously, the Frankfurters had loaned the French in February 2024.
Natalia Padilla Bidas will be bearing FC Bayern’s jersey again in the future. After two years at other clubs, the Polish international again joins the German Double winner-this was confirmed by the club on Tuesday. Read more about the transfer here.