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BVB is said to have reached an agreement with Chelsea talent
Updated on January 12, 2025 – 5:15 p.mReading time: 17 mins.
The winter transfer phase is underway and the German clubs are in the middle of it. Rumors and fixed changes from the world of football can be found here.
With the beginning of 2025, the transfer window opened in the Bundesliga and other European leagues. In Germany the transfer period ends on February 3rd. After that, players can still move abroad, provided the leagues there have a later transfer deadline.
Which clubs are most in need of reinforcements, what is FC Bayern doing and what is the situation at the top European clubs? These and many other questions will be answered this transfer winter. At t-online you can find an overview of the most important guesses and changes from Germany and the world.
Renato Veiga is apparently about to go on loan to Borussia Dortmund. This is reported by the pay TV channel Sky. Accordingly, the 21-year-old verbally agreed with BVB about a change. Negotiations with Veiga’s club Chelsea would now begin. A loan with a purchase option is being discussed.
The three-time Portuguese international plays primarily in the left-back position, but can also be used in central defense. He knows the Bundesliga from his time at FC Augsburg, to which the 1.90 meter tall defender was loaned out in 2023.
“Well, I don’t think you’ll really put all this on the scales. There’s a lot of reporting, a lot of telling and not everything that’s written and said is always true,” he said after Hesse’s 1-0 win at the FC St. Pauli at the start of the Bundesliga year and repeated his statement on the TV channel Sky. “As I said, there is interest from a club, but nothing more so far.”
Defender Sadik Fofana is leaving Bayer Leverkusen and moving to Grazer AK with immediate effect. As the Austrian club announced, the 21-year-old Togo national player signed a contract until 2027. The contract in Leverkusen would have expired at the end of the current season.
Fofana was not used in coach Xabi Alonso’s team and was only on the substitutes’ bench three times. In the 2023/2024 season he played on loan for the second division club 1. FC NĂĽrnberg. The defender was most recently on loan to Dutch first division club Fortuna Sittard.
Striker Jonathan Burkardt from FSV Mainz 05 has ruled out a move in the current transfer window. “I’m staying in Mainz, definitely in the winter. After that we’ll see what happens,” said the 24-year-old on Sky after his brace in the 2-0 (1-0) win over bottom team VfL Bochum.
Burkardt is “super happy in Mainz, it’s a lot of fun with the team. Today we won again, we’re now in fourth place, that’s awesome.” Recently there were rumors that the striker could move to Eintracht Frankfurt if Omar Marmoush moves to Manchester City. The Egyptian’s change has been brewing for days. When asked about the Frankfurt rumor, Burkardt said: “You know more about that than I do.”