Through player sales: VfL Bochum closes the financial year with a profit

Minus expected for 2023/24

VfL Bochum generated a surplus of over 8 million euros in the 2022/23 financial year. Income of around 86.8 million euros is offset by expenses of around 78.7 million euros, as the Bundesliga club announced at its general meeting on Tuesday. The transfers of defender Armel Bella-Kotchap (21), who moved to FC Southampton in the summer of 2022 for 11 million euros, and defender Maxim Leitsch (25), who moved to FC Southampton for 3.5 million euros, made a large contribution to the surplus FSV Mainz 05 went.

Also because VfL did not achieve comparable revenues in the last transfer period, the current table is 14th. for the current season with a loss of around 4 million euros. Bochum’s licensed player budget has increased from 32 million euros last season to 41 million euros. “This controlled offensive is possible because of the surplus in the last two years,” said Bochum managing director Ilja Kaenzig on Tuesday.

The Ruhr area club’s liabilities should amount to 6.4 million euros at the end of this season. VfL wants to be debt-free by 2030.

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