Manuel Veth

1 week ago | forbes.com | Manuel Veth

Jonathan Tah has joined Bayern Munich on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen. The 29-year-old center-back, who has a Transfermarkt market value of €30 million ($34 million) has signed a contract until 2029 with the Bavarian giants. Whether Tah will join ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup or in July remains to be seen. Leverkusen has been reluctant to release the defender ahead of his contract expiring, asking for a transfer fee in the region of $1 million.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Manuel Veth

Elversberg’s run from the fourth division to the Bundesliga has been stopped. In front of 9,970 fans at the Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde, Bundesliga side Heidenheim beat 2. Bundesliga Elversberg 2-1 (4-3 on aggregate) to win the Relegation Playoffs. Heidenheim secured its spot in the Bundesliga most dramatically. Dominated on the pitch by the lower division team, Heidenheim forward Leonardo Scienza scored with just seconds remaining. It was Heidenheim’s only opportunity in the second half.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Manuel Veth

Arminia Bielefeld’s fairytale run in the DFB Pokal is over. On Saturday, Bielefeld lost 4-2 to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in front of 75,000 fans at a fully packed Olympiastadion. The goalscorers were Nick Woltemade (15’), Enzo Millot (22’ & 66’), and Deniz Undav (28’) in front of 75,000 fans at a fully packed Olympiastadion in Berlin. Julian Kania (83’) and Josha Vagnoman (85’ OT) scored for Bielefeld. It could have been all very different, though.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Manuel Veth

On Sunday, 1. FC Köln secured promotion back to the German top flight thanks to a 4-0 win over Kaiserslautern. Eric Martel (14’), Luca Waldschmidt (29’), Florian Kainz (76’), and Mark Uth (82’) were the goalscorers in front of 50,000 spectators at a fully sold-out RheinEnergieStadion. “Those are the stories that only football writes,” Köln head coach Friedhelm Funkel said about the Uth goal. The 33-year-old one-time German national team player will retire at the end of the season.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Manuel Veth

Will he stay or will he go? It seemed all way prepared for Leroy Sané to sign a new contract. Earlier this month, Sané appeared ready to sign a new contract at Bayern Munich. According to a report by Germany’s Sport Bild, Bayern and Sané had agreed to a new three-year contract worth €10 million ($11.4 million) a season plus €5 million ($5.7 million) in potential bonuses. But rather than signing that deal, Sané changed agencies at the last moment.