It’s also been rare that so many top-class players can transfer free of charge in the summer. BVB alone has players worth 90 million euros.
In winter, the sports directors of the football clubs have a lot of work to do. And not only because of possible reinforcements during the winter break.
A balancing act is needed between far-sighted planning and the achievement of short-term goals. This is also the case in the Ruhr region, where VfL Bochum and FC Schalke are in the relegation places in the Bundesliga and have to readjust their squads in the winter.
BVB, too, has to take a close look at its current personnel, because Dortmund is lagging behind its own expectations. At the same time, the clubs also have to work through the expiring contracts, because as a rule it is decided in the winter which contract is to be extended and who wants to or is allowed to leave the club.
And BVB in particular has a lot to do. According to the update of the transfer values on “Transfermarkt”, the contracts of eight players with a total market value of 90 million euros are now expiring.
Schalke (five expiring contracts) and VfL (seven expiring contracts) also have decisions to make. Therefore, away from the Winter World Cup in Qatar, this can be an exciting winter break as many questions need to be answered.
A look at the territory
As of 14 November 2022, these players (loan players not included) from BVB, VfL Bochum and Schalke are all eligible for post-season transfer on a free transfer
BVB
Luca Unbehaun
Mats Hummels
Raphaël Guerreiro
Mahmoud Dahoud
Marco Reus
Anthony Modeste
Felix Passlack
Youssoufa Moukoko
Note: According to Transfermarkt.de, the players have a total market value of 90 million euros.
VfL Bochum
Michael Esser
Vasilios Lampropoulos
Mohammed Tolba
Konstantinos Stafylidis
Anthony Losilla
Tarsis Bonga
Silvère Ganvoula
Note: According to Transfermarkt.de, the players have a total market value of €4.45 million.
Schalke
Michael Langer
Maya Yoshida
Marcin Kaminski
Dominick Drexler
Simon Terodde
Note: According to Transfermarkt.de, the players have a total market value of 4.45 million euros.
