Summer 2023 – Contracts expire at BVB, S04 and VfL Bochum.

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.

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