Transfer ticker
Gladbach star before saying goodbye after seven years
Updated on July 14th, 2025 – 10:21 p.m.Reading time: 6 min.
In the clubs, the planning for the coming season is in full swing. 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 was open from June 1st to June 10th. The regular transfer window then extends from July 1st to September 1st.
According to media reports, Alassane Pléa will leave the Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. As the Pay TV broadcaster Sky and “Kicker” report, the switch from the attacker to PSV Eindhoven is imminent. According to this, the 32-year-old Frenchman is said to have already said goodbye to his teammates on Monday. The medical check should take place promptly.
The transfer fee for the creative player, which is dangerous for goal, is said to be between three and four million euros. According to the information, Pléa had an exit clause in his contract, which was running until 2026, which is said to have expired on June 30th. In Eindhoven, Pléa is to compensate for the departures of playmaker Malik Tillman to Bayer Leverkusen and from wing striker Bakayoko, who, according to Sky Sport, is agreed with RB Leipzig.
There should be an oral agreement between Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and striker Johan Bakayoko. This reports Sky. Accordingly, the deal between the Saxons and the PSV Eindhoven player could now be completed quickly.
At the Dutch first division club Eindhoven, Bakayoko lacks the training start on Monday that RB is to pay a transfer fee of around 20 million euros. Bayer Leverkusen was also interested in the wing player – but the German champion from 2024 did not reach an agreement with the Belgian.
Last season Bakayoko played 47 competitive games for Eindhoven, scored twelve goals and prepared three more.
Hamburger SV made the obligation of the Danish striker Yussuf Poulsen perfect. After twelve years at RB Leipzig, the 31-year-old changes to the Bundesliga promoter for a transfer fee of around 1.5 million euros. The Hanseates did not provide any information about the term of the contract. In Leipzig he still had a contract until 2026.
“He is a face of the Bundesliga. With all his experience and maturity, he knows all the facets of professional football. Yussuf is the way from the 3rd league to the Champions League with Leipzig and therefore only knows too well what is important to keep the class and establish itself in the Bundesliga in the long term,” said HSV board member Stefan Kuntz. At HSV, Poulsen will wear number 15. He replaces the previous striker Davie Selke, who is moving to Turkey to Basaksehir.