Transfer ticker
Six million euros: Schalke top talent before jumping
15.08.2025 – 8:40 a.m.Reading time: 3 min.

The plans for the coming season are underway for national and international clubs. 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 has been open since July 1 and closes on September 1st.
At T-Online there are an overview of the most important rumors and changes from Germany and the world.
Million rain for Schalke 04? As the Pay TV broadcaster Sky reports, Top Talent Taylan Bulut is faced with a change from the second division to Beşiktaş Istanbul. The Turkish top club and the Gelsenkirchener have therefore agreed on a transfer fee of six million euros. There should be no resale for S04.
The 19-year-old Bulut is to complete the medical check on Friday and then sign a contract until 2030. The defensive player had made his breakthrough with the Schalkers last season.
VfB Stuttgart is apparently trying to go to Tiago Tomás. The “kicker” reports. The Portuguese is under contract with VfL Wolfsburg, his working paper at Lower Saxony runs until 2027.
VfL wants to reduce its squad, it is said. Therefore, an agreement in the Tiago Tomás personnel can be expected. Last season, attackers for the “wolves” in the Bundesliga 32 times in the field, scored six goals. He ran for VfB Stuttgart between January 2022 and summer 2023.
The former German national goalkeeper Kevin Trapp could still leave Eintracht Frankfurt during this transfer period. According to Sky, the 35-year-old would like to accept the offer of the Ligue-1 club Paris FC that the Bundesliga club was informed about this.
