Work “even more precisely”.
According to sports director Sebastian Kehl, Borussia Dortmund is finding it increasingly difficult to sign top young talent. “We feel that clearly, I hear that every day in talks with my scouting department and with consultants,” said the 43-year-old ex-professional of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.
This also has to do with the fact that BVB is now competing with new competitors such as FC Bayern for highly talented young people. “Many clubs have adjusted their philosophy a bit,” Kehl said before the top game of the league leaders in Munich (Saturday, 6:30 p.m. / Sky). Kehl cited the record champions as an example of his thesis: “In 2022, FC Bayern bought a player from a segment in Mathys Tel that Munich might not have reached into earlier.” This shows “that the clubs that are economically even stronger are than we are, are now discovering our way for ourselves.”
With Isak, Balerdi & Subotic: The most expensive teenagers in BVB history
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2015/16 for 2.5 million euros from 1860 Munich | As of April 1, 2023
11 – Leonardo Bittencourt (18)
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2012/13 for 2.7 million euros from Energie Cottbus
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2017/18 for 3 million euros from FC Barcelona
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2008/09 for 4.5 million euros from 1. FSV Mainz 05
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2017/18 for €7.84m from Manchester City. Transfer fee increased to EUR 20.59 million due to resale participation after Sancho’s transfer to Manchester United.
7 – Julien Duranville (16)
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2022/23 for 8.5 million euros from RSC Anderlecht.
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2016/17 for €8.6m from AIK Solna.
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2016/17 for €9.75m from FC Nordsjaelland
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2016/17 for 15 million euros from Stade Rennes. Transfer fee increased to 35 million euros due to resale participation after Dembélé’s transfer to FC Barcelona.
3 – Leonardo Balerdi (19)
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2018/19 for 15.5 million euros from Boca Juniors – fee increased by 800,000 euros through the resale participation to Boca Juniors of 10 percent after the move to Olympique Marseille.
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2019/20 for 20 million euros from Red Bull Salzburg
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2020/21 for €25m from Birmingham City
While FC Bayern has only paid millions four times for new signings in the teens since the summer of 2016, this was the case in Dortmund nine times. With the arrivals and departures of Ousmane Dembélé (25, FC Barcelona), Jadon Sancho (23, Man United) and Erling Haaland (22, Man City), BVB made transfer profits of almost 190 million euros. This summer, if Jude Bellingham (19) can’t be persuaded to stay, that figure could be increased by a transfer profit of around €100m.
Due to the new competition, BVB has to work “even more precisely” in scouting in order to “get to the talented people even earlier,” said Kehl, who also allowed himself a small tip in the direction of Munich: “These young people don’t just play with us in the first round of the cup against a fifth division team, but also in the big Champions League games.”
Davies, Santa Cruz & Co.: FC Bayern’s most expensive teenager transfers
From 400,000 to 35 million euros…
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FC Bayern has broken the 10 million mark for teenagers four times
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Came in 2015 from SV Ried | Age at the time: 19 | Transfer fee: 400,000 euros
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Came in 2012 from 1. FC Köln | Age at the time: 18 | Transfer fee: 800,000 euros
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Came in 1993 from Dynamo Dresden | Age at the time: 19 | Transfer fee: €1.15 million
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Came in 2014 from Gladbach | Age at the time: 18 | Transfer fee: €3 million
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Came in 2019 from HSV | Age at the time: 19 | Transfer fee: €3 million
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Came in 1999 from Olimpia | Age at the time: 17 | Transfer fee: €5 million
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Came on loan from Juventus in 2015 | Age at the time: 19 | Transfer fee: €7m – moves to Bayern Munich in 2017 for a further €21m
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Came from Sao Paulo FC in 2007 | Age at the time: 18 | Transfer fee: €12 million
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Came from Vancouver in 2018 | Age at the time: 18 | Transfer fee: €14 million
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Coming from Stade Rennes in 2022 | Age: 17 | Transfer fee: €20 million + €8.5 million in bonuses
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Came in 2016 from Benfica | Age at the time: 18 | Transfer fee: €35 million
The 17-year-old Tel, who will miss the top game due to a torn muscle fiber, was not used in the two round of 16 duels between Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Tel has only started twice in a competitive game – once in the first round of the DFB Cup against third division team Viktoria Köln (5-0). The French striker is the second-most expensive teenager in Bayern history at €20m and has played 489 minutes in 21 games in his first season in Munich.
Other teenagers bought by the record champions since 2016 include Fiete Arp (23, Kiel) and 35 million transfer Renato Sanches (25), who fell short of expectations, while sports director Hasan Salihamidzic scored a direct hit with Alphonso Davies (22). landed. This also applies to Jamal Musiala (20), who switched from Chelsea’s youth to Munich’s U17s for a fee of 200,000 euros in 2019 and has been the most valuable German footballer in the history of the market value since the Bundesliga’s most recent market value update. The big difference: While Bayern can keep their top talent, BVB is still a stopover.
With Musiala, Wirtz and Gómez: The record market values of German footballers
23 – Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern) – Highest market value: €40m*
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on 01/12/2011
*The market values have been collected by Transfermarkt since 2004 / as of March 30, 2023
23 – Julian Draxler (PSG) – Highest MV: €40m
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on 01/24/2018
23 – Emre Can (Juventus) – Highest MV: €40m
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on 6/6/2019
23 – Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04) – Highest MV: €40m
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on 08/22/2018
23 – Nico Schlotterbeck (BVB) – Highest MW: 40 million
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on 03/29/2023
22 – Mario Gómez (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €42m
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on 01/23/2012
20 – Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €45m
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on 02/04/2015
20 – Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €45m
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on 07/22/2016
15 – Marco Reus (BVB) – Highest market value: €50m
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on 07/10/2014
15 – Mesut Özil (Arsenal) – Highest MV: €50m
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on 09/18/2013
15 – Ilkay Gundogan (Man City) – Highest MV: €50m
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on 06/13/2019
15 – Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) – Highest MV: €50m
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on 06/13/2019
15 – Julian Brandt (Bayer 04) – Highest market value: €50m
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on 05.06.2019
14 – Mario Götze (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €55m
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on 02/12/2014
12 – Mats Hummels (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €60m
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on 4/4/2018
12 – Niklas Süle (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €60m
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on 05.06.2019
11 – Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €70m
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on 02/10/2021
10 – Thomas Müller (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €75m
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on 10/16/2015
8 – Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – Highest MV: €80m
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on 01/01/2018
8 – Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) – Highest MV: €80m
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on 03/11/2020
7 – Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04) – Highest MV: €85m
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on 03/29/2023
3 – Marc-André ter Stegen (Barça) – Highest MV: €90m
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on 06/11/2019
3 – Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €90m
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on 03/11/2020
3 – Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €90m
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on 02/10/2021
3 – Kai Havertz (Bayer 04) – Highest MV: €90m
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on 05.06.2019
2 – Leroy Sané (Man City) – Highest MV: €100m
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on 12/19/2018
1 – Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern) – Highest MV: €110m
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on 03/29/2023
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