🚨 Reports: Only Neuer cost more! Bundesliga keeper joins rival
Mio Backhaus has completed a transfer to SC Freiburg for a record fee of 15 million euros, making him the second most expensive goalkeeper in Bundesliga history. This move marks the first major transfer of the summer in the Bundesliga. The deal may also lead to the departure of current Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu, who is attracting interest from the Premier League.
- ▪Mio Backhaus is joining SC Freiburg from Werder Bremen for 15 million euros.
- ▪The transfer fee could rise by an additional three million euros in bonuses.
- ▪Backhaus's transfer makes him the second most expensive goalkeeper in Bundesliga history, after Manuel Neuer.
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