Transfer ticker
Is a world champion returning to Cologne?
Updated on 07.07.2025 – 12:40 p.m.Reading time: 18 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.
Goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler could switch to Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln this summer. He would move back to his hometown. This is reported by the internet portal “Transfermarkt.de”. The reason for the speculation is an initiating transfer by Zieler’s current club Hannover 96. As the portal reports, the Lower Saxony second division team keeper Nahuel Noll from TSG Hoffenheim will hire.
However, it is hard to imagine that the TSG gives a goalkeeper that sits on the replacement bank in the second Bundesliga. The target also seems unsuitable as a substitute, after all, the 36-year-old was one of the strongest goalkeepers in the league in the past season. If it happens that Noll will become the new number one in Hanover and destroy their place, then this is due to the ideas of the new 96 coach Christian Titz.
In Titz ‘game system, the goalkeeper has a fundamental role because it practically acts as a kind of libero. As the NDR found in a data analysis in mid -June, this role does not quite correspond to the profile of the 2014 world champion. Zieler has its strengths more on the line, where he secured Hannover 96 with many parades. It is not bad in terms of play, but it is also not outstanding. Perhaps Titz is not enough for the playful qualities of Zielers.
However, there are also some arguments against a change of association Zielers. It was only in January that he extended his contract with the second division ninth last season. In addition, the team captain has its center of life together with his family in the state capital of Lower Saxony and the question arises whether he changes the club again in the very high football age.
The BVB has left the club World Cup and can now concentrate fully on the Bundesliga start. Above all, those responsible for sports boss Lars and sports director Sebastian Kehl are currently looking for reinforcements for the coming season.
According to “Bild”, you have a talent of Real Madrid in mind: Diego Aguado. The central defender is 18 years old and plays for the U19 of Real Madrid. However, the Spaniard’s commitment should not be a priority, since the Dortmunders first want to strengthen themselves on the offensive.
In January, Al-Nassr paid 77 million euros to Aston Villa to buy Jhon Durán out of his contract. Half a year later, the 21-year-old leaves the club from Saudi Arabia, for which Cristiano Ronaldo also plays. The Colombian is awarded to Fenerbahçe Istanbul for one year. This was announced by the Turkish top club on Sunday.
