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Dortmund Left With Just €40 Million for Summer Transfers

Rising wage bills have consumed most of the club’s recent sale proceeds

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Das Westfalenstadion wurde 1974 fertiggestellt, damals fasste es 54.000 Zuschauer. Heute ist es mit  81.365 Plätzen das größte Stadions Deutschlands
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Hohe Gehälter und Abgaben schmälern das Transfer-Budget beim BVB.

Overview

  • The club’s transfer budget stands at about €40 million despite Champions League qualification, Club World Cup participation and Jamie Gittens’s €60 million sale
  • Last season’s wage commitments, including base salaries and performance bonuses, totaled roughly €170 million
  • Summer signings Yan Couto (€25 million), Jobe Bellingham (€30 million) and Daniel Svensson (€7 million) have already absorbed most of the Gittens windfall
  • Fixed obligations such as Nuri Sahin’s €3.5 million severance, ongoing payments to Sven Mislintat and planned medical-centre investment further restrict funds
  • FIFA Club World Cup prize money of €44 million yielded only half for the club after travel, taxes and player premiums