“Great desire” for Borussia Dortmund
The first version of this article appeared on February 7th at 3:09 p.m. and was updated after the club’s announcement.
“The new club is set. Niklas made a decision a short time ago and I would be surprised if he overturned this decision again,” said Volker Struth, advisor to Niklas Süle (26), on Sunday in the “double pass” from “Sport1”, without naming that club to name. This has been fixed since Monday: Borussia Dortmund. What first the “Frankfurter Rundschau” reported, the second in the Bundesliga table officially confirmed shortly afterwards. Süle signed a contract until June 30, 2026.
“We are pleased that we were able to sign a German national player in Niklas Süle and retain him for four years,” said BVB sporting director Michael Zorc. Sebastian Kehl added: “Niklas showed us in personal talks that he is very interested in Borussia Dortmund. He has a lot of experience, calmness in the build-up game and the necessary physique to take the next step with us from the summer.” Süle is the 13th transfer between the record champions and the black and yellow and the eighth professional who takes the route from Munich to the Ruhr area.
From Rummenigge to Süle: The 13 transfers between BVB and FC Bayern
Michael Rummenigge Moved from FC Bayern to BVB in 1988
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Juergen Wegmann | Moved from FC Bayern to BVB in 1989
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Thomas Helmer | Moved from BVB to FC Bayern in 1992
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Transfer fee: €3.75 million
Christian Nerlinger | Moved from FC Bayern to BVB in 1998
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Free transfer
Torsten Frings | Moved from BVB to FC Bayern in 2004
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Transfer fee: €9.25 million
Mats Hummels | 2008 on loan from FC Bayern to BVB – bought in 2009
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Transfer fee €4.2 million
Mario Goetze | Moved from BVB to FC Bayern in 2013
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Transfer fee: €37 million
Robert Lewandowski | Moved from BVB to FC Bayern in 2014
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Free transfer
Sebastian Rode | Moved from FC Bayern to BVB in 2016
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Transfer fee: €12 million
Mats Hummels | Moved from BVB to FC Bayern in 2016
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Transfer fee: €35 million
Mario Goetze | Moved from FC Bayern to BVB in 2016
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Transfer fee: €22 million
Mats Hummels | Moved from FC Bayern to BVB in 2019
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Transfer fee: €30.5 million
Niklas Sule | Moves from FC Bayern to BVB in 2022
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Free transfer
At 35 million euros, the central defender is one of the most valuable players who can be had on a free transfer after the season – never before had BVB signed a professional with a higher market value for free. Thomas Meunier (30), who came from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020, has been at the top so far with 24 million euros, after which there is a big gap to second place.
Süle at the top: The 10 most valuable free transfer BVB additions
9 | Philip Degen | 2005 | Market value: €2 million
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Came from FC Basel
9 | Robert Kovac | 2007 | Market value: €2 million
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Came from Juventus Turin
9 | Dong Won Ji | 2014 | Market value: €2 million
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Came from FC Augsburg
6 | Giovanni Federico | 2007 | Market value: €2.5 million
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Came from Karlsruher SC
6 | Lukasz Piszczek 2010 | Market value: €2.5 million
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Came from Hertha BSC
6 | Shinji Kagawa | 2010 | Market value: €2.5 million
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Came from Cerezo Osaka
5 | Markus Feulner | 2009 | Market value: €3 million
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Came from 1. FSV Mainz 05
4 | Steven Pienaar | 2006 | Market value: €3.5 million
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Came from Ajax Amsterdam
3 | Marvin Hitz | 2018 | Market value: €4 million
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Came from FC Augsburg
2 | Thomas Meunier | 2020 | Market value: €24 million
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Came from PSG
1 | Niklas Sule | 2022 | Market value: €35 million
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Comes from FC Bayern
Süle complained about a lack of appreciation at FC Bayern – Among BVB’s top earners?
The reason given for leaving FC Bayern was the lack of appreciation for the club. The longtime Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had described this as “a unit called the euro” and thus alluded to the high salary demands of the defender. According to “Bild”, Süle declined an annual salary of 10 million euros. With this sum he would be one of the top earners in Dortmund, on a par with Mats Hummels (33) and behind Marco Reus (32; 12 million euros a year).
“It’s always about the money, of course. We have very specific limits, very specific limits that we don’t want to go beyond,” said CEO Oliver Kahn on Saturday at “Sky”, speaking of “economic responsibility”. This would obviously no longer have been the case if the contract had been extended.
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Süle switched from TSG Hoffenheim to the Isar in the summer of 2017 for €20m and, with the exception of a few injuries, including a cruciate ligament rupture in the 2019/20 season, was always part of the permanent staff. In 159 games he scored six goals, assisted four and won 13 titles. After David Alaba (29, to Real Madrid) and Jérôme Boateng (33, to Olympique Lyon), he is the third central defender within twelve months to leave Bayern on a free transfer.
13 times over 20 million market value: the most valuable Bayern departures since 2005
20 – Juan Bernat | 2018 to PSG | Market value at the time: €12 million
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Transfer fee: €5 million
20 – Lukas Podolski | 2009 to 1. FC Cologne | Market value at the time: €12 million
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Transfer fee: €10 million
18 – Sebastian Rudy | 2018 to Schalke 04 | Market value at the time: €15 million
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Transfer fee: €16 million
18 – Medhi Benatia | 2017 to Juventus | Market value at the time: €15 million
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Transfer fee: €16.7 million
17 – Xherdan Shaqiri | 2015 to Inter | Market value at the time: €17 million
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Transfer fee: €15 million
14 – Lucio | 2009 to Inter | Market value at the time: €18 million
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Transfer fee: €7 million
14 – Luiz Gustavo | 2013 to VfL Wolfsburg | Market value at the time: €18 million
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Transfer fee: €16 million
14 – Renato Sanches | 2019 to LOSC | Market value at the time: €18 million
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Transfer fee: €20 million
13 – Bastian Schweinsteiger | 2015 to Man United | Market value at the time: €22 million
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Transfer fee: €9 million
12 – Owen Hargreaves | 2007 to Man United | Market value at the time: €25 million
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Transfer fee: €25 million
11 – Mario Gomez | 2013 to AC Fiorentina | Market value at the time: €28 million
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Transfer fee: €15.5 million
10 – Mario Mandzukic | 2014 to Atlético | Market value at the time: €30 million
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Transfer fee: €22 million
5-Michael Ballack | 2006 to Chelsea | Market value at the time: €35 million
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Free transfer
5 – Niklas Sule | 2022 to BVB | Current market value: €35 million
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Free transfer
5 – Arturo Vidal | 2018 to FC Barcelona | Market value at the time: €35 million
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Transfer fee: €18 million
5 – Mario Goetze | 2016 to BVB | Market value at the time: €35 million
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Transfer fee: €22 million
5 – Mats Hummels | 2019 to BVB | Market value at the time: €35 million
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Transfer fee: €30.5 million
4 – Toni Kroos | 2014 to Real Madrid | Market value at the time: €42 million
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Transfer fee: €25 million
3 – Thiago | 2020 to Liverpool | Market value at the time: €48 million
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Transfer fee: €22 million
1 – David Alaba | 2021 to Real Madrid | Market value at the time: €55 million
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Free transfer
1 – Douglas Costa | 2018 to Juventus | Market value at the time: €55 million
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Transfer fee: €40 million
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