The transfer market is booming in the second division. While Nuremberg is hoping for big money, another Schalke rival has already made a move.
FC Schalke 04 has just secured the services of Nikola Katic. The old and new protégé of coach Miron Muslic is set to take on a key role in defense. But now the Royal Blues need to make some sales. Moussa Sylla and Taylan Bulut can and should generate millions in transfer fees. Opening opponent Hertha BSC is already ahead of the Royal Blues in this regard.
With €14.3 million in transfer income, the portal “transfermarkt.de” currently lists Berlin clearly at the top of the income rankings in the 2nd division. Bradley Ibrahim brought the Berliners around €300,000 with his departure to Plymouth Argyle. Derry Scherhant was even worth €2 million to SC Freiburg.
However, Hertha earned the big money with home-grown talent Ibrahim Maza. The attacking midfielder is set to help Bayer 04 Leverkusen fill the gap left by Florian Wirtz. SVB is paying €12 million for the services of the now former Hertha player. This brings the total revenue to €14.3 million. By comparison, SC Paderborn earned the second-most money: around €8.5 million. However, it is quite possible that 1. FC Nürnberg will soon fill the gap. After sales such as Stefanos Tzimas and Jens Castrop, the “Club” could soon be in for another windfall. Caspar Jander has developed into one of the best midfielders in the 2nd Bundesliga in his first year. And so Jander could move up another level this summer. It has long been known that Bundesliga clubs are interested in the former Duisburg player. A concrete lead now apparently points to VfB Stuttgart.
Former Duisburg player Jander agrees terms with VfB Stuttgart
According to reports in Sky and Bild on Thursday, the Swabians have agreed terms with Jander for a transfer. However, according to the reports, this is not yet final for either club. They still have to agree on a transfer fee, and negotiations are said to have begun. According to Bild, Jander, who recently reached the European Championship final with the German U21 national team, is expected to cost between eight and ten million euros. With previous earnings of 4.75 million euros, Nuremberg would catch up with Hertha. Schalke has so far earned around two million euros from the sales of Derry John Murkin (FC Utrecht), Paul Seguin (Hertha BSC), Lino Tempelmann, and Ron-Thorben Hoffmann (Eintracht Braunschweig).