It’s deadline day. The clubs still have until 6 p.m. to land new players. You can find the most important transfer news in the t-online live ticker.
The most important things at a glance
This year there was again a lot of movement in the German football clubs during the winter transfer phase. FC Bayern signed Sacha Boey and Eric Dier. Bayer Leverkusen loaned Borja Iglesias from Spain. Eintracht Frankfurt brought Saša Kalajdžić back to the Bundesliga from England and Emil Forsberg left Leipzig for New York, while Timo Werner moved to Tottenham.
Now Deadline Day is upon us. It is the last day this winter on which clubs can sign new players or thin out their own squad. The German clubs have until 6 p.m. to do this. In Italy the window closes at 8 p.m., in France at 11 p.m. and in Spain and England even at midnight.
The last deals are being negotiated, the last transfers are on the home stretch. Who is coming and who is going? t-online accompanies Deadline Day live for you.
World champion Boateng to Italy: deal close to completion
World champion and ex-Bayern star Jérôme Boateng is about to move to Italy. US Salernitana will sign the 35-year-old. He is currently completing his medical check and will sign a six-month contract, reports the pay-TV broadcaster Sky. The contract does not include an option for another season.
Medical check completed: VfB shortly before signing Dahoud
Mahmoud Dahoud is likely to return to the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart will sign the two-time German international from Brighton & Hove Albion. According to information from the pay-TV channel Sky, he has already passed his medical check.
The official announcement will take place on Thursday morning. Dahoud is scheduled to train with his new teammates today.
Deal on the home stretch: New Bayern star flies to Munich
Bryan Zaragoza becomes FC Bayern’s new player. The Spaniard’s flight to Munich has already been booked, the pay TV channel Sky reported that night. In the morning Zaragoza had already landed in the Bavarian capital. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano also confirmed the deal.
Zaragoza was actually only supposed to come in July for a fee of 13 million euros and support the Munich team for the coming season. The club is now bringing forward the deal due to the tense personnel situation. The additional transfer sum with all possible bonus payments is four to five million euros, it is said.
Ex-Bundesliga professional before a move to France
Former Bundesliga professional Orel Mangala is about to move to Olympique Lyon. This is what transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reports. The Belgian’s medical check should therefore take place on Thursday morning. The deal is about to be completed.
Mangala has been playing for English first division club Nottingham Forest since 2022. He previously played for VfB Stuttgart since 2017. He spent the 2018/2019 season on loan at Hamburger SV in the 2nd Bundesliga.