The 2025 winter transfer window in Germany is open from 1 January until 3 February.
The 2025 winter transfer window in Germany is open from 1 January until 3 February. - © DFL
The 2025 winter transfer window in Germany is open from 1 January until 3 February. - © DFL
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Official Bundesliga transfer centre: January 2025

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Clubs in Germany have until 3 February to complete their winter business for the remainder of the 2024/25 season. Find out who is joining and who is leaving the Bundesliga in January...

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Augsburg

In: Cédric Zesiger (Wolfsburg, loan)

Out: Lucas Ehrlich (Sandhausen, loan), Rubén Vargas (Sevilla)

Bayer Leverkusen

In: Aaron Heard (St Louis City), Alejo Sarco (Vélez Sarsfield)

Out: Sadik Fofana (Grazer AK)

Bayern Munich

In: Tom Bischof (Hoffenheim, summer 2025), Bajung Darboe (Los Angeles FC)

Out: Arijon Ibrahimović (Lazio, loan), Nestory Irankunda (Grasshoppers Zurich, loan), Frans Krätzig (Heidenheim, loan),

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Bochum

In: -

Out: Aliou Baldé (Nice, end of loan), Agon Elezi (Gorica, loan), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (Fortuna Düsseldorf, loan)

Borussia Dortmund

In: Sébastien Haller (Leganés, loan recall)

Out: Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), Sébastien Haller  (Utrecht, loan)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

In: -

Out: Jan Olschowsky (Alemannia Aachen, loan)

Eintracht Frankfurt

In: -

Out: Jens Petter Hauge (Bodø/Glimt, loan made permanent), Jerome Onguené (contract terminated), Simon Simoni (Kaiserslautern, loan)

Freiburg

In: -

Out: Noah Weißhaupt (St. Pauli, loan), Kenneth Schmidt (Hannover, loan)

Heidenheim

In: Frans Krätzig (Bayern Munich, loan), Budu Zivzivadze (Karlsruhe)

Out: Mikkel Kaufmann (Karlsruhe, loan), Denis Thomalla (AEL Limassol)

Hoffenheim

In: Gift Orban (Lyon)

Out: Tom Bischof (Bayern Munich, summer 2025), Jacob Bruun Larsen (Stuttgart), Tim Drexler (Nuremberg, loan), Marco John (Greuther Fürth), Attila Szalai (Standard Liège, loan)

Holstein Kiel

In: David Zec (Celje), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls)

Out: Tymoteusz Puchacz (Plymouth Argyle, loan)

Mainz

In: -

Out: Karim Onisiwo (Red Bull Salzburg)

RB Leipzig

In: Ridle Baku (Wolfsburg), Arthur Vermeeren (Atletico Madrid, loan deal made permanent)

Out: Yannick Eduardo (Emmen, loan)

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St. Pauli

In: Abdoulie Ceesay (Paide Linnameeskond), James Sands (New York City FC, loan), Noah Weißhaupt (Freiburg, loan)

Out: -

Union Berlin

In: -

Out: -

VfB Stuttgart

In: Jacob Bruun Larsen (Hoffenheim)

Out: Frans Krätzig (Bayern Munich, end of loan), Jovan Milosevic (Partisan Belgrade, loan)

Werder Bremen

In: Issa Kaboré (Manchester City, loan)

Out: Olivier Deman (Royal Antwerp, loan), Isak Hansen-Aarøen (Aalborg, loan), Naby Keïta (Ferencvaros, loan)

Wolfsburg

In: Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Brugge)

Out: Ridle Baku (RB Leipzig), Bartol Franjić (Dinamo Zagreb, loan), Cédric Zesiger (Augsburg, loan)

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