There was a fascinating discussion that arose from this piece by Paul - after the news about Liverpool pulling out of the race to sign Jude Bellingham - that questioned the value of buying from the Bundesliga.
In this brief analysis, that will be constantly updated and also changed if good arguments are made to change my view on the players involved, we will look at the success of transfers from the Bundesliga to the Premier League (with a minimum price of €20m).
Let’s start with the players (below) as well as the somewhat brutal method of assessing them. Simply, give a mark out of ten and if it’s seven or above then we deem it a success. Again, this could be tweaked if there’s any more suggestions made in the comments section.
The findings are quite something, first the basics:
29 players have moved from the Bundesliga to Premier League clubs with a fee of more than €20m, which surprised me, as it felt like a lot more.