Most valuable free transfer: BVB access Süle to 3 – FC Bayern 7x in the top 20

8.5 to 50 million market value

Signing a regular player from FC Bayern that Munich wanted to keep on a free transfer – only three clubs have managed to do that in this millennium: Chelsea in 2006 with Michael Ballack (45), Real Madrid in 2021 with David Alaba (29) and since Monday BVB. Niklas Süle (26) will move from Munich to Dortmund in the summer and will take third place in the ranking of the most valuable free transfers in the Bundesliga.

With Süle, Borowski & Raúl: The most valuable Bundesliga free transfers

19 Tim Borowski | 2008/09 from Werder Bremen to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €8.5 million
Data current as of February 08, 2022

19 Max Kruse | 2020/21 to Union Berlin (previously without a club)

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Market value at the time of transfer: €8.5 million
*Note: Kruse was without a club for around two months after terminating his contract with Fenerbahce in the summer of 2020

16 Sebastian Rode | 2014/15 from Eintracht Frankfurt to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €9m

16 Raúl | 2010/11 from Real Madrid to Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of transfer: €9m

16 Fabian Ernest | 2005/06 from Werder Bremen to Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of transfer: €9m

14 Yildiray Bastürk | 2007/08 from Hertha BSC to VfB Stuttgart

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Market value at the time of transfer: €9.5 million

14 Alexander Nübel | 2020/21 from Schalke 04 to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €9.5 million

12 Lukas Hradecky | 2018/19 from Eintracht Frankfurt to Bayer 04

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Market value at the time of transfer: €10m

12 Maniche | 2009/10 from Atlético Madrid to 1. FC Köln

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Market value at the time of transfer: €10m

11 Tanguy Nianzou | 2020/21 from Paris SG to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €11m

8 Ruud van Nistelrooy | 2009/10 from Real Madrid to HSV

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Market value at the time of transfer: €12m

8 Ivica Olic | 2009/10 from HSV to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €12m

8 Shkodran Mustafi | 2020/21 from Arsenal to Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of transfer: €12m

7 Rafael Borre | 2021/22 from River Plate to Eintracht Frankfurt

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Market value at the time of transfer: €17m

6 Mark Uth | 2018/19 from TSG Hoffenheim to Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of transfer: €18m

5 Michael Ballack | 2010/11 from Chelsea to Bayer 04

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Market value at the time of transfer: €20m

4 Thomas Meunier | 2020/21 from Paris SG to BVB

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Market value at the time of transfer: €24m

3 Niklas Süle | 2022/23 from FC Bayern to BVB

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Market value at the time of transfer: €35m

2 Leon Goretzka | 2018/19 from Schalke 04 to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €40m

1 Robert Lewandowski | 2014/15 from BVB to FC Bayern

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Market value at the time of transfer: €50m

It’s unusual for Bayern to lose a top performer to a Bundesliga club on a free transfer – the other way around, it’s almost part of day-to-day business. Seven of the 20 most valuable Bundesliga transfers at supposed zero cost had Säbener Straße as their destination and six of them came from the competition. Sometimes more and sometimes less successful.

BVB held back for a long time in advertising for well-known free transfers, which are still expensive with earnest money and high salary expectations, before they secured Thomas Meunier (30) from PSG in 2020 and finally convinced Süle. “I don’t know what salary Niklas Süle gets at Dortmund. I don’t think it’s a sporting promotion,” commented Bayern boss Herbert Hainer on the national player’s departure.

This means that BVB is involved in three of the four most valuable free transfers in Bundesliga history (since the introduction of TM market values ​​in 2004). First place goes to ex-Dortmunder Robert Lewandowski (33), who completely shifted the balance of power in the Bundesliga in 2014 in favor of Bayern.

With Lewandowski & Nübel: FC Bayern’s most valuable free transfers

Bixente Lizarazu | 2004/05 by Olympique Marseille

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Market value at the time of the change: €1 million

Tom Strong | 2012/13 by Hoffenheim

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Market value at the time of the change: €1.5 million

Hans Joerg Butt | 2008/09 by Benfica

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Market value at the time of the change: €1.75 million

Alexander Baumjohann | 2009/10 from Gladbach

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Market value at the time of the change: €2.5 million

Jan Kirchhoff | 2013/14 from Mainz

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Market value at the time of the change: €4 million

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 2020/21 by PSG

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Market value at the time of the change: €4 million

Hamit Altintop | 2007/08 by Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of the change: €4 million

Ali Karimi | 2005/06 by Al-Ahli

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Market value at the time of the change: €4.75 million

Claudio Pizarro | 2012/13 by Werder

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Market value at the time of the change: €5 million

Sebastian Rudy | 2017/18 by Hoffenheim

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Market value at the time of the change: €8 million

Tim Borowski | 2008/09 by Werder

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Market value at the time of the change: €8.5 million

Sebastian Rode | 2014/15 from Frankfurt

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Market value at the time of the change: €9 million

Alexander Nuebel | 2020/21 by Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of the change: €9.5 million

Tanguy Nianzou | 2020/21 by PSG

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Market value at the time of the change: €11 million

Ivica Olic | 2009/10 from HSV

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Market value at the time of the change: €12 million

Leon Goretzka | 2018/19 by Schalke 04

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Market value at the time of the change: €40 million

Robert Lewandowski | 2014/15 by BVB

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Market value at the time of the change: €50 million

Old stars van Nistelrooy and Raúl shine for HSV and Schalke

Four and a half years earlier, Hamburger SV provided a free transfer signing for Ruud van Nistelrooy (45). The Dutchman came from Real Madrid in January 2010 and took the place of Ivica Olic (42), who moved to Munich free of charge last summer.

Six months later, Real legend Raúl (44) followed him to the Bundesliga and was hired by Schalke, where he became a fan favorite and retired as the DFB Cup winner in 2012.

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