Bundesliga

Wirtz: Liverpool reportedly agree record transfer for Bayer Leverkusen star

Wirtz: Liverpool reportedly agree record transfer for Bayer Leverkusen star

Liverpool have reportedly agreed to sign Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz for a club record transfer fee of £116 million, Afrosport reports. According to The Times, the 22-year-old German is set to sign a five-year contract worth £100 million guaranteed with another £16 million in add-ons, and will undergo his medical in the coming days. Wirtz will become the second summer signing for Liverpool and the...

Done Deal: Nigeria’s Torunarigha joins Hamburg on free transfer from Gent

Done Deal: Nigeria’s Torunarigha joins Hamburg on free transfer from Gent

Super Eagles defender Jordan Torunarigha has completed a move to Bundesliga club Hamburg on a free transfer, Afrosport reports. Torunarigha departs Belgian Pro League side Gent following the expiration of his contract and returns to Germany, his birth country. The 27-year-old defender was formerly on the books of Hertha Berlin, having graduated through the club’s youth system. He made his senior debut in February 2017, scoring...

Leverkusen sign Flekken as Brentford snap Kelleher from Liverpool

Leverkusen sign Flekken as Brentford snap Kelleher from Liverpool

Bayer Leverkusen have signed Mark Flekken from Premier League side Brentford, with the Bees getting Caoimhin Kelleher as his replacement from Liverpool, Afrosport reports. The 31-year-old Dutch goalkeeper ends his two-year association with Brentford and returns to the German top flight, having been on the books of Freiburg between 2018 and 2023. Flekken pens a three-year deal worth a reported €10 million and is looking forward...

Genk president warns Arokodare will not be sold cheap like Onuachu

Genk president warns Arokodare will not be sold cheap like Onuachu

Genk president Peter Croonen says the club will not sell Tolu Arokodare cheaply despite interest from some top European clubs, Afrosport reports. The Super Eagles forward has emerged as a target for German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich after ending the Belgian Pro League season as top joint scorer with 21 goals in 40 games. Should Arokodare be sold, he will be the second Nigerian to leave...

Dortmund reportedly certain of getting Bellingham’s brother from Sunderland

Dortmund reportedly certain of getting Bellingham’s brother from Sunderland

Borussia Dortmund are reportedly certain of getting a deal done to sign Sunderland’s Jobe Bellingham, Afrosport reports. The 19-year-old brother of Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham was named the Championship Young Player of the Year and was also in the Championship Team of the Season as the Black Cats defeated Shield United in the Championship playoff final, to return to the Premier League after an eight-year...