Bundesliga’s 2026 Summer Transfer Window Overview.

Bundesliga Transfer Overview

There have been some developments from the Bundesliga summer transfer window ahead of the 2026-27 season. Each club from the Bundesliga went into the transfer window with its own plans and objectives. The clubs made signings of experienced players as well as youngsters with an excellent future. There have been some notable players who have left some teams. Title contenders strengthened key positions to remain competitive throughout the season.

The mid-table sides concentrated on making good acquisitions without exceeding their budget. The newly promoted sides made good acquisitions that will boost their chances of survival in the league. Each acquisition comes as a result of meticulous planning done in advance. The following is a review of the major transfers in the Bundesliga with an aim to see the effects that they will have on the upcoming Bundesliga season. Fans will closely follow how these moves influence Bundesliga performances from the opening matchday.

Event Schedule of the Bundesliga Transfer Window

Key Event: Bundesliga Summer Transfer Window 2026

Start Date: 1 July 2026 (Wednesday)

End Date: 31 August 2026 (Monday)

Bundesliga Summer Transfer Window 2026

BAYERN MUNICH

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Nathaniel Brown	23	Left Back	Frankfurt	41.73 M
Ismael Saibari	25	Attacking Midfield	PSV	41.73 M
Bryan Zaragoza	24	Left Wing	Roma	End of Loan 30/07/2026
Sacha Boey	25	Right Back	Galatasaray	End of Loan 30/07/2026

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Noël Aséko	20	Defensive Midfield	Frankfurt	41.73 M
Daniel Peretz	26	Goalkeeper	Southampton	6.68 M
Alexander Nübel	29	Goalkeeper	Besiktas	5.22 M
Jonah Kusi-Asare	19	Center Forward	Fulham	5.01 M

BORUSSIA DORTMUND

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Joane Gadou	19	Center Back	Salzburg	16.28 M
Kauã Prates	17	Left Back	Cruzeiro	5.84 M
Justin Lerma	18	Attacking Midfield	Independiente	3.34 M
Mussa Kaba	17	Defensive Midfield	B. Dortmund II	—

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Karim Adeyemi	24	Right Wing	Barcelona	18.36 M
Cole Campbell	20	Right Wing	SV Elversberg	5.01 M
Julien Duranville	20	Left Wing	Lyon	4.17 M

RB LEIPZIG

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Maxime Estève	24	Center Back	Burnley	20.87 M
Rocco Reitz	24	Center Midfield	Mönchengladbach	16.69 M
Ota Yamamoto	22	Attacking Midfield	Kashiwa Reysol	0.42 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Loïs Openda	26	Center Forward	Juventus	35.68 M
Xavier Schlager	28	Center Midfield	Nott’m Forest	Free Transfer
Frederik Jäkel	25	Center Back	E. Braunschweig	Free Transfer

VFB STUTTGART

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Bilal El khannouss	22	Attacking Midfield	Leicester	12.52 M
Leo Sauer	20	Left Wing	Feyenoord	10.43 M
Grischa Prömel	31	Center Midfield	Hoffenheim	Free Transfer

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Florian Hellstern	18	Goalkeeper	Greuther Fürth	Loan Transfer
Noah Darvich	19	Attacking Midfield	SV Elversberg	Loan Transfer
Pascal Stenzel	30	Right Back	Without Club	—

TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Nathan De Cat	18	Center Midfield	RSC Anderlecht	16.69 M
Mats Rots	20	Left Back	FC Twente	10.02 M
Patrick Wimmer	25	Right Wing	Wolfsburg	8.35 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Bazoumana Touré	20	Left Wing	Newcastle	41.73 M
Muhammed Damar	22	Attacking Midfield	Wolfsburg	4.59 M
Haris Tabakovic	32	Center Forward	Salzburg	4.17 M

BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Afonso Moreira	21	Left Wing	Lyon	24.62 M
Kennet Eichhorn	17	Defensive Midfield	Hertha BSC	7.51 M
Kerim Alajbegovic	18	Left Wing	Salzburg	6.68 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Piero Hincapié	24	Center Back	Arsenal	33.39 M
Alejandro Grimaldo	30	Left Back	Atlético	18.36 M
Matej Kovar	26	Goalkeeper	PSV	4.17 M

SC FREIBURG

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Mio Backhaus	22	Goalkeeper	Werder Bremen	10.02 M
Keisuke Goto	21	Center Forward	RSC Anderlecht	8.35 M
Yannik Engelhardt	25	Defensive MIdfield	Como	5.84 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Johan Manzambi	20	Attacking Midfield	Aston Villa	50.08 M
Merlin Röhl	24	Attacking Midfield	Everton	20.87 M
Robert Wagner	23	Center Midfield	Dynamo Dresden	0.71 M

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Noël Aséko	20	Defensive Midfield	Bayern Munich	10.02 M
Otávio	20	Center Back	Estrela Amadora	3.76 M
Malik Pimpong	18	Left Wing	Midtjylland U19	2.92 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Nathaniel Brown	23	Left Back	Bayern Munich	41.73 M
Aurèle Amenda	22	Center Back	Coventry	15.02 M
Rasmus Nissen Kristensen	29	Right Back	Midtjylland	5.01 M

FC AUGSBURG

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Rodrigo Riberio	21	Center Forward	Sporting B	4.17 M
Hennes Behrens	21	Left Back	Hoffenheim	2.92 M
Sima Suso	21	Center Midfield	F. Düsseldorf	1.34 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Cédric Zesiger	28	Center Back	Young Boys	2.92 M
Henri Koudossou	26	Right Back	Arm. Bielefeld	0.42 M
David Colina	25	Left Back	Zaglebie Lubin	0.33 M

1.FSV MAINZ 05

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Fabio Gruber	23	Center Back	1.FC Nuremberg	2.92 M
Sota Kawasaki	24	Defensive Midfield	Kyoto Sanga	0.83 M
Sheraldo Becker	31	Left Wing	CA Osasuna	0.42 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Nikolas Veratschnig	23	Right Back	Salzburg	2.92 M
Tom Krauß	25	Defensive Midfield	1.FC Köln	2.92 M
Arnaud Nordin	28	Right Wing	Stade Rennais	1.84 M

1.FC UNION BERLIN

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Stanley Nsoki	27	Center Back	Hoffenheim	1.25 M
Zeno Van Den Bosch	23	Center Back	Royal Antwerp	Free Transfer
Marvin Friedrich	30	Center Back	Mönchengladbach	Free Transfer

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
László Bénes	28	Center Midfield	KAA Gent	0.92 M
Alex Král	28	Center Midfield	Copenhagen	Free Transfer
Danilho Doekhi	28	Center Back	Lazio	Free Transfer

BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Isac Lidberg	27	Center Forward	Darmstadt 98	2.92 M
David Herold	23	Left Back	Karlsruher SC	2.92 M
Jan Leszczyński	19	Center Back	Legia Warszawa	2.50 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Rocco Reitz	24	Center Midfield	Leipzig	16.69 M
Shio Fukuda	22	Center Forward	Karlsruher SC	0.58 M
Grant-Leon Ramos	22	Center Forward	CD Tenerife	0.25 M

HAMBURGER SV

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Albert Grønbaek	25	Attacking Midfield	Stade Rennais	3.92 M
Martin Adeline	22	Attacking Midfield	Troyes	3.34 M
Kofi Amoako	21	Defensive Midfield	Dynamo Dresden	1.50 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Robert Glatzel	32	Center Forward	Wolfsburg	1.42 M
Lukasz Poreba	26	Defensive Midfield	SV Elversberg	1.34 M
Ransford Königsdörffer	24	Center Forward	Mainz	Free Transfer

1. FC KÖLN

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	20	Center Back	Man City U21	5.01M
Jakub Kamiński	24	Left Wing	Wolfsburg	4.59 M
Luka Lochoshvili	28	Center Back	1.FC Nuremberg	4.09 M
Reigan Heskey	18	Left Wing	Man City U21	1.67 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Jakub Kamiński	24	Left Wing	Benfica	14.19 M
Rasmus Carstensen	25	Right Midfield	Aarhus GF	0.83 M
Dominique Heintz	32	Center Back	F. Düsseldorf	Free Transfer

SV WERDER BREMEN

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Oskar Wójcik	23	Center Back	Cracovia	2.50 M
Karl Hein	24	Goalkeeper	Arsenal	2.50 M
Alexander Schlager	30	Goalkeeper	Salzburg	Free Transfer

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Mio Backhaus	22	Goalkeeper	Freiburg	10.02 M
Leonardo Bittencourt	32	Center Midfield	Energie Cottbus	Free Transfer
Wesley Adeh	19	Defensive Midfield	Pr. Münster	Loan Transfer

FC SCHALKE 04

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Satoshi Tanaka	23	Defensive Midfield	F. Düsseldorf	0.83 M
Junior Adamu	25	Center Forward	Freiburg	0.67 M
Kevin Müller	35	Goalkeeper	Heidenheim	0.04 M

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Ilyes Hamache	23	Left Wing	SC Cambuur	?
Mika Wallentowitz	18	Right Midfield	Greuther Fürth	Loan Transfer
Luca Podlech	21	Goalkeeper	Aalesunds FK	Loan Transfer

SV 07 ELVERSBERG

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Cole Campbell	20	Right Wing	Dortmund	5.01 M
Lukasz Poreba	26	Defensive Midfield	Hamburg	1.34 M
Elias Etringer	18	Goalkeeper	SC Freiburg U19	Free Transfer

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Carlo Sickinger	29	Defensive Midfield	Darmstadt 98	Free Transfer
Mohammad Mahmoud	21	Center Forward	A. Salzburg	Free Transfer
Daniel Pantschenko	23	Right Back	Without Club	—

SC PADERBORN 07

IN

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Oliver Batista Meier	25	Attacking Midfield	Pr. Münster	0.33 m
Luka Duric	23	Center Midfield	Hoffenheim	0.21 M
Jano ter Horst	24	Right Midfield	Pr. Münster	0.17 M
Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant	25	Center Back	Energie Cottbus	Free Transfer

OUT

Players	Age	Position	Club	Transfer Fee ($)
Calvin Brackelmann	26	Center Back	Augsburg	Free transfer
Filip Bilbija	26	Left Wing	Derby	Free Transfer
David Kinsombi	30	Defensive MIdfield	Würzb. Kickers	Free Transfer

Conclusion

The summer transfer window of 2026 was a preparation period for all Bundesliga clubs for an interesting season ahead. Quite a number of teams have been able to strengthen themselves through effective recruitment and the sale of some players. Young talents have had chances to showcase their skills along with the experience of internationals. Some changes created space for future stars to emerge.

Other teams were supported by those who ensured that they kept their accounts balanced while restructuring their sides. Now it all depends on the integration of new players into their respective roles. Fans should brace for tough competition from the very first week of the season. These transfers might affect the race for the title, European spots, and survival in the coming season. The Bundesliga promises another thrilling year of football.