Less than a week since the opening of the Transfer Window but a number of deals have already been completed in the Bundesliga ahead of the 2023/24 season. Here are five of the most notable ones.
Next Erling Haaland’ Sesko finally joins Leipzig
RB Leipzig may have lost one of their main stars when they sold talisman Christopher Nkunku to Chelsea, but the ecxiting 20-year-old Benjami Sesko is set to take the league by storm.
An all-round striker standing at almost 6’5″ tall, he shares a number of similarities with Erling Haaland, the ex-Salzburg goal machine who broke all manner of records at Dortmund prior to winning the UEFA Champions League with Manchester City in May.
Sesko’s not the first Red Bull Salzburg player to make the switch to Leipzig, but he might turn out to be the most talented yet.
See you next season, Benjamin! 🤝
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) August 9, 2022
RB Leipzig have signed Benjamin Sesko on a five-year contract and will join the club next summer, in 2023. https://t.co/0SeWlZD82N
Armenian teenage sensation tipped to succeed at Mönchengladbach
Grant-Leon Ranos has swapped the Bayern reserves for the Borussia Mönchengladbach first team.
Ranos spent the initial phases of his youth development at Hannover and Borussia Dortmund. He enjoyed a subsequent switch to Bayern in 2018 where he played with the Bavarian giants’ U16s.
In the 2021/22 campaign, he scored 11 times in 17 U19 games and also enjoyed four appearances in the UEFA Youth League.
An intelligent, powerfully-built forward who has an incredible ability to be in the right place at the right time, Ranos is not all that dissimilar in style to former Bayern goal-machine Lewandowski.
GRANT-LEON RANOS 🇦🇲(2003) DOUBLED THE LEAD WITH AN ABSOLUTE GOLAZO FOR HIS BRACE AND HIS FOURTH GOAL IN TWO CAPS!!!pic.twitter.com/67c6uHCEYr
— Football Report (@FootballReprt) June 17, 2023
Arthur will be perfect for youthful Leverkusen under Alonso
Not much is known abot the 20-year-old signing by Leverkusen. But the talented youngster made his Brazilian top-flight debut in May 2022, and has already won what is sure to be the first of many senior international caps for the Selecao.
He is an attack-minded full-back who is expected to get plenty of chances and fit in perfectly to Xabi Alonso’s style of play.
Say hello to our new No. 13! 👋🤩
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) April 3, 2023
Great to have you here, #Arthur! 🇧🇷#Bayer04 | #BemvindoArthur 🖤❤️ pic.twitter.com/QEJLk9dWVY
Naby Keita returns to Bundesliga with Werder Bremen
Keita, 28, previously spent two seasons at RB Leipzig before a 2018 move to England with Liverpool. The central midfielder returns to Germany having made 129 competitive appearances for Jürgen Klopp’s team and won every possible trophy at Anfield, with the English Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
OFFICIAL: Naby Keita joins Werder Bremen 🟢✍️ pic.twitter.com/OiMUQzuUSe
— 433 (@433) June 9, 2023
Raphael Guerreiro leaves Dortmund, joins rivals Bayern Munich
Having opted against renew his contract against 2022/23 runners-up Borussia Dortmund, Gurriero will be joining Bayern Munich ahead of the new season.
The Portugal international spent seven years with Dortmund, and will now have to challenge Alphonso Davies for a starting berth at left-back under Thomas Tuchel – the same man who gave him his Bundesliga debut.
Raphael Guerreiro has just signed the official contract as new Bayern player. Deal completed. ✅🔴 #FCBayern
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 22, 2023
Guerreiro joins as free agent on contract valid until June 2026. pic.twitter.com/5Dopg052JT
