Fee as “incentive”
Steffen Tigges should increase his attacking options at 1. FC Köln after moving from Borussia Dortmund. The 23-year-old offers “a lot of imagination for the future”, commented sporting director Christian Keller on the commitment. The native of Osnabrück was impressed that the “Effzeh” didn’t give up despite a fracture to his left ankle.
He experienced the Cologne style of play under coach Steffen Baumgart – the 50-year-old extended Monday to 2024 – last season “firsthand,” said Tigges in the “Kicker” interview and added with a laugh: “But it was not that I’ve only looked at FC in the past few months. However, I was very impressed that the club was so interested in me – and also placed a lot of trust in me when I was injured (in March; ed.).”
1. FC Köln wanted Tigges from BVB as early as 2021 – the conversation with Baumgart was decisive
According to reports, the Domstädter already had their sights set on the offensive man in 2021 before securing Tigges’ services this summer for a fee of 1.5 million euros. “At first I asked myself whether anyone would be interested at all, and I thought that it would probably be more difficult with a summer change. But Cologne stuck with it, which made me very happy. The conversation with Steffen Baumgart was enough.”
With Mané, Adeyemi & Co.: These Bundesliga top transfers are fixed for 2022/23
These top transfers are already fixed for the 2022/23 Bundesliga season
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Transfer fee and market value, including free transfers, are taken into account in this gallery. The higher number is decisive for the ranking.
(as of June 26, 2022)
Stefan Ortega – leaves Arminia Bielefeld – market value: €6m
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Free transfer
Filip Uremovic – Rubin Kazan -> Hertha BSC – market value: €6M
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Free transfer
Niklas Stark – Hertha BSC -> Werder Bremen – market value: €6.5M
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Free transfer
Anthony Caci – Racing Strasbourg -> Mainz – market value: €7M
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Free transfer
John Anthony Brooks – leaves VfL Wolfsburg – market value: €7m
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Free transfer
Bartol Franjic – Dinamo Zagreb -> VfL Wolfsburg – fee: €7.5M
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Market value: €4.5 million
Grischa Prömel – Union Berlin -> TSG Hoffenheim – market value: €7.5M
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Free transfer
Lucas Alario – Bayer 04 -> Eintracht – market value: €8m
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Transfer fee: €6 million
Patrick Wimmer – Arminia -> VfL Wolfsburg – market value: €8M
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Transfer fee: €4.1 million
Dan-Axel Zagadou – leaves BVB – market value: €9m
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Free transfer
Kristijan Jakic – D. Zagreb -> Eintracht (after loan) – market value: €9M
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Transfer fee: €3.5 million
Mario Götze – PSV Eindhoven -> Eintracht – market value: €10M
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Transfer fee: €4 million
Jakub Kaminski – Lech Poznan -> VfL Wolfsburg – market value: €10M
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Transfer fee: €10 million
Armel Bella-Kotchap – VfL Bochum -> Southampton – market value: €10M
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Transfer fee: €10 million
Marc Roca – Bayern Munich -> Leeds United – fee: €12M
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Market value: 7 million
Jens Petter Hauge – Milan -> Eintracht (after loan) – fee: €12M
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Market value: 8 million
Salih Özcan – 1. FC Köln -> BVB – market value: €13M
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Transfer fee: €5 million
Corentino Tolisso – leaves FC Bayern – market value: €15m
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Free transfer
Konstantinos Mavropanos – Arsenal -> VfB (after loan) – market value: €15m
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Purchase option: €3.2 million
Randal Kolo Muani – Nantes -> Eintracht – market value: €16M
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Free transfer
Jeremiah St. Juste – Mainz -> Sporting – market value: €16M
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Transfer fee: €9.5 million
Florian Grillitsch – leaves Hoffenheim – market value: €16m
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Free transfer
Hee-chan Hwang – RB Leipzig -> Wolves (after loan) – fee: €16.7m
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Market value: €16 million
Matthias Ginter – Gladbach -> SC Freiburg – market value: €18M
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Free transfer
Adam Hlozek – Sparta Prague -> Bayer 04 – market value: €20M
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Transfer fee: €13 million (possible through bonuses of up to €13.5 million)
Noussair Mazraoui – Ajax -> FC Bayern – market value: €20M
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Free transfer
Taiwo Awoniyi – Union -> Nottingham – fee: €20.5M
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Market value: €20 million
Xaver Schlager – VfL Wolfsburg -> RB Leipzig – market value: €27M
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Transfer fee: €12 million
Nico Schlotterbeck – Freiburg -> BVB – market value: €33m
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Transfer fee: €20 million
Niklas Süle – FC Bayern -> BVB – market value: €35m
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Free transfer
Karim Adeyemi – RB Salzburg -> BVB – market value: €35m
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Transfer fee: €30 million
Ryan Gravenberch – Ajax -> FC Bayern – market value: €35m
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Transfer fee: €18.5 million (possible through bonuses of up to €24 million)
Sadio Mané – Liverpool -> FC Bayern – market value: €70M
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Transfer fee: €32 million (up to €39 million possible through bonuses)
Erling Haaland – BVB -> Man City – market value: €150m
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Transfer fee: €60 million
Tigges moved to Dortmund from his youth club VfL Osnabrück on a free transfer in 2019, where he made 15 professional appearances over 373 minutes last season and scored three times. Despite his “good role” at BVB, it was time for a change of scenery. “I didn’t say I had to go. I only wanted to give it a try if a club were to come along where everything fits. 1. FC Köln was that club.” Tigges described the fee as an “incentive”.
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