Transfer balance
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With almost 100 million euros, Borussia Dortmund contributed to expenses that the Bundesliga invested a good 850 million euros in new players in the 2025 transfer summer. Sports director Sebastian Kehl pulled a black and yellow transfer balance, gave insight into a “very nerve -wracking summer”, defended the partially criticized obligations by Aarón Anselmino and Fabio Silva and formulated clear ambitions for the 2025/26 season.
“We have reached a lot of things that we have planned. Let’s take a look at the submission page: Sébastien Haller, Gio Reyna, Youssoufa Moukoko and Soumaïla Coulibaly. These players no longer had a great sporting perspective with us. And all of the players were able to transfer – and I think, said Kehl in an interview with the” Sport Bild “. Borussia’s transfer revenue amounts to EUR 72.8 million this summer.
“With the transfers by Daniel Svensson and Yan Couto in advance we have committed in advance (i.e. Red.) And made a difference with Jobe Bellingham early. We are already talking about almost 60 million euros. After that, we first have to sell players before we can continue to invest. We did this in July, above all by the transfer of Jamie Gitten,” said the 45-year-old. In terms of squad value, BVB recorded a minus of 40 million euros compared to mid -June, nevertheless overtook Bayer Leverkusen and is now the most valuable German team according to FC Bayern with EUR 438 million.
Kehl said about the commitments of Carney Chukwuemeka and Fabio Silva from the Premier League: “Developing players who offer us a sporty and economically.
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Overall, it was “a very nerve -wracking summer”, said the sports director. “With a lot of phone calls and meetings. And every squad movement had its peculiarities. Above all because we made them abroad. Transfers in the Bundesliga are generally a bit easier. We have now acted with clubs that are not necessarily dependent on money. That changes the negotiation position extreme. And I have to say: The English are often painful. So she hopes for a possible domino effect.
BVB sports director Kehl: Summer 2025 “shows how much money is in the market”
Kehl had recently traveled to England twice to handle the deals. “Of course, I can of course also fly to Chelsea in July, sit at the table with the bosses and submit the offer over 20 million euros for Chukwuemeka. But then they would probably say: ‘You can fly home immediately!’ It takes time and a clear strategy to enforce his ideas. In the end you got both professionals for a prize, “which does not fit in the trend at all. Fabio Silva is a really good striker with a brilliant perspective. And this summer he won’t even be found in the top 100 of the most expensive transfers worldwide! Chukwuemeka will land further back. That shows how much money is on the market.” Kehl is right, because with EUR 22.5 million Retrießes Silva only occupies 108 of the most expensive transfers of this summer (for statistics).
There had also been criticism of the Dortmund transfer policy on social networks, including some fans described the Silva transfer as superfluous. Kehl reacted cool to statements of this kind: “Of course we need such a player. What happens if Serhou Guirassy fails longer?! We probably have 50 games this season – plus the caps. In view of our goals and expectations, we cannot start with a single striker. Especially since Serhou also has to be relieved, even if he is fit.”
The fact that the Westphalia won the Argentine defender Aarón Anselmino without a purchase option had been sick of some followers. Kehl also defended this measure: “We actually didn’t want to get a central defender anymore. Nico Schlotterbeck and Emre Can failed early. But when Niklas Süle injured himself, we had to react.”
The transfer budget was now “exhausted” after the summer, the BVB boss confirmed. “With the transfers made, we invested around 100 million euros in new players, similar to last summer. But there is no state behind us, no sheikh, no billionaire. We have to earn our money ourselves and can only spend what we have earned before.”
Expiring contracts at BVB: “A really good wire for all players”
As of the end of the season, six contracts are going on in the Dortmund squad, including those of the long -time top performers Julian Brandt and Can, and central defender Süle. When asked about the perspective of these players, Kehl kept up: “We have some players with expiring contracts, that’s not bad, that can even help us. Every player now gets the chance to show themselves in the next few months.
With a view to sporty and transfer goals, Kehl formulated clear ambitions: “We have to play with our possibilities in the Champions League. Our aim is not to reach this goal again on the last day of the match. We have to score significantly more points in the current first half of the season than in the past. (…) If you are eleventh in March, the train only went without you last season. It is much easier for us to plan.
