Transfer Ticker: New midfielder for Münster, Fortuna loans Daland

• Münster signs Danish U20 international
• Fortuna loans Jespeer Daland
• Goalkeeper Bördner moves from Aachen to Bonn
• Ticker: All transfers and moves of the NRW clubs

Shortly before the transfer window closed, Preußen Münster made another move in the transfer market, signing midfielder Zidan Sertdemir. The 20-year-old most recently played for Danish first division club FC Nordsjælland. Between 2021 and 2023, he played for Bayer Leverkusen. In October 2020, Sertdemir, who has Turkish roots, made his debut for the Danish U16 national team. Since then, he has also played for Denmark's U17, U19, and U20 national teams.

Fortuna Düsseldorf has loaned another defender shortly before the end of the transfer deadline. The 25-year-old Norwegian Jesper Daland joins from Welsh club Cardiff City, which plays in the English third tier. Fortuna Düsseldorf, according to a statement on Saturday, secured a purchase option. Daland was relegated with Cardiff in the summer.

The signing of the defensive midfielder became necessary due to the departure of Jamil Siebert. The 23-year-old Düsseldorf native joined US Lecce in the Italian Serie A for €5.5 million.

Goalkeeper Elias Bördner is leaving Alemannia Aachen. The third-division club announced on Saturday that they have agreed to terminate their contract. The 23-year-old Bördner, who made a total of 15 competitive appearances for Alemannia, is moving to Bonner SC in the Regionalliga West.

VfL Bochum has loaned Samuel Bamba to Dutch second-division club Willem II Tilburg until the end of the current season. According to VfL, the loan does not include an option to buy. Bamba has made ten competitive appearances for Bochum so far. "Sammy needs regular competitive practice, which is the goal of this loan," says VfL Sporting Director Dirk Dufner. "It was his express wish to generate more playing time and pursue this loan."

Borussia Dortmund has strengthened its squad with the signing of Portuguese striker Fabio Silva. The 23-year-old joins from Wolverhampton Wanderers and signs a contract until 2030.

FC Schalke 04 is planning for the time being without striker Moussa Sylla, who may be on the verge of a transfer. "After reporting sick, he held talks to clarify his future. There are now two options: Either there is a short-term transfer or Moussa Sylla remains a Schalke 04 player. We are planning for Sunday without Moussa," the second-division club announced on the X platform.

Third-division club Rot-Weiss Essen has signed a striker on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 27-year-old Jannik Mause will be joining RWE in the future. "In Jannik Mause, we have found a center forward who we are convinced will add a new dimension to our squad," said RWE head coach Uwe Koschinat.

Dion Berisha, on the other hand, will be leaving Hafenstrasse. RWE announced on Friday that they had agreed to an early termination of the 22-year-old winger's contract.

1. FC Köln has prematurely extended the contract with Julian Pauli (20), initially giving the talented defender match practice in the 2nd Bundesliga. Pauli joins Dynamo Dresden on loan for the current season; his contract in Cologne is now valid until 2028. Pauli was one of the Cologne revelations in the last promotion season, but has had little prospect of playing time since the signing of Dutchman Rav van den Berg.

Second-division newly promoted Arminia Bielefeld has signed left-back Arne Sicker. The 28-year-old played for SV Elversberg last season and joins the Alm on a free transfer. "With the signing of Arne, we are strengthening our defense with another player who knows the league and won't need any time to get used to it," said sporting director Michael Mutzel.

After three matchdays with just two goals scored and a meager point, third-division football club Alemannia Aachen has stepped up its attacking game once again. Lars Gindorf has joined the Tivoli from second-division side Hannover 96 on loan until the end of the season. The 24-year-old was a regular for the Lower Saxony club last season, making 24 second-division appearances, but has only played one game in the Regionalliga Nord this season, where he shone with two goals and one assist.

Left-back Leart Pacarada, who was released from the squad, is leaving 1. FC Köln and joining league rivals 1. FC Heidenheim. The two Bundesliga clubs announced the 30-year-old's transfer on Thursday; just a few days ago, the defender had been dropped from the squad by Cologne coach Lukas Kwasniok. The 30-time Kosovo international has signed a contract with Heidenheim until 2027.

Left winger Mika Schroers is leaving second-division club Arminia Bielefeld for a year and joining Alemannia Aachen. The 23-year-old is expected to gain match practice in the third division.

"After a thorough analysis of the past few months, we have jointly decided that a loan is the best opportunity for Mika to gain important playing time at a high level," said Arminia sporting director Michael Mutzel regarding his departure: "The one-year loan to Alemannia Aachen will enable him to do this."

As expected, Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund has signed Argentine U20 international Aaron Anselmino, responding to significant defensive concerns. The 20-year-old joins on a one-year loan from Chelsea, the Black and Yellows announced on Wednesday. The center-back could make his debut in Sunday's home game against Union Berlin.

Bayer Leverkusen, the German football runner-up, has found a prominent reinforcement for the right wing. Five-time Champions League winner Lucas Vázquez joins coach Erik ten Hag's team on a free transfer and signs a contract until summer 2027. His contract with Real Madrid expired in the summer. The Spaniard is set to replace Jeremie Frimpong (who joined Liverpool).

Borussia Dortmund has signed Carney Chukwuemeka from Chelsea FC. The 21-year-old, who already played for BVB on loan in the second half of the last season and during the FIFA Club World Cup, has now committed to the eight-time German champions until June 30, 2030.

A few days before the transfer deadline, Viktoria Köln has strengthened its attacking squad by signing Soichiro Kozuki. The Japanese winger joins Schäl Sick from 1860 Munich. The 24-year-old previously played for FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

With Niklas Castelle, a familiar face is returning to third-division club Alemannia Aachen. The 22-year-old attacker will join on loan from league rivals SSV Ulm 1846 for the 2025/26 season. He was already on loan with Alemannia during the second half of last season. In 19 matches for the Black and Yellows, he scored two goals and provided five assists.

Fortuna Düsseldorf has signed Slovenian striker Zan Celar. The center forward joins the Rhineland club on loan from English second-division side Queens Park Rangers. Fortuna Düsseldorf also secured a purchase option for the 17-time capped international. Celar arrived in London in the summer of 2024. However, an injury slowed the attacker's progress early on. In his debut season, he made only 24 competitive appearances and scored two goals. He had previously caused a stir in Switzerland, scoring 40 goals in 95 league matches for FC Lugano.

Arminia Bielefeld has brought back midfielder Marius Wörl from league rivals Hannover 96. The 21-year-old is joining the East Westphalian club on a permanent basis, as both clubs announced. The Bavarian native's contract with Hannover was originally valid until 2027. Wörl has already played for Arminia for the past two seasons – albeit on loan. With Bielefeld, he achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal final last season.

The transfer of Giovanni Reyna from Borussia Dortmund to Borussia Mönchengladbach is complete. As the club from the Lower Rhine region announced, the 22-year-old attacker has signed a contract until June 30, 2028. The transfer had been speculated about for days.

Second-division football club Karlsruher SC has loaned striker Shio Fukuda from Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. As the Baden-Württemberg club announced on Friday, there is also a contractually agreed purchase option for next summer. The striker moved from his native Japan to the Lower Rhine region at the age of 18, but failed to make a breakthrough. In his eleven first-division appearances, he played just 87 minutes.

Central defender Jamil Siebert is leaving second-division club Fortuna Düsseldorf to continue his career in Italy's Serie A. The 23-year-old joins first-division club US Lecce with immediate effect. The Düsseldorf native has progressed through all of Fortuna's youth teams since 2010 and made his 2. Bundesliga debut in the 2020/21 season. "It is with a heavy heart that we are letting Jamil go. On the other hand, we wanted to give him the opportunity to take advantage of this great opportunity," said Klaus Allofs, Fortuna's Board Member for Sport and Communications.

Second-division club Schalke 04 has strengthened its squad with Finn Porath. The 28-year-old midfielder has signed a contract with Gelsenkirchen until 2027. "Finn is a versatile player who has performed well in Kiel for years," says Youri Mulder, Director of Football. "With his intense style of play and his keen eye for game situations, he fits in very well with our team."

Bayer Leverkusen announced three transfers on Wednesday. First, the departure of Amine Adli to AFC Bournemouth was announced. Shortly thereafter, Adli's replacement, Argentinian midfielder Claudio Echeverri, was announced. The 19-year-old joins the club on a one-year loan from Manchester City. The Leverkusen club also announced the signing of French central defender Loïc Badé. The German international joins from Sevilla FC and has signed a contract until 2030.

Sebastien Haller is leaving Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for good. As BVB announced, the striker is now moving permanently to FC Utrecht in the Netherlands. Haller is returning to a club "that means a lot to him and for which he has played regularly in recent months," said sporting director Sebastian Kehl. The striker was already loaned to the Eredivisie club last season and also played there from 2015 to 2017.

Taylan Bulut will play for Besiktas Istanbul in the future. The Turkish first division club and FC Schalke 04 agreed on an immediate transfer of the 19-year-old on Saturday. The transfer fee is unknown, but it is reportedly around six million euros. "We as a club have been in close contact with Taylan and his agent in recent weeks. The move to Besiktas is the right decision for everyone, both from a sporting and financial perspective," said Youri Mulder, Director of Professional Football at FC Schalke 04.

1. FC Köln continues its shopping spree, signing Dutch U21 international Rav van den Berg. The 1.90-meter-tall defender is moving from English club Middlebrough FC to the Bundesliga and, with a reported transfer fee of between eight and ten million euros, is Cologne's record signing this summer. The 21-year-old is also the newly promoted club's tenth new signing.

Moritz Broschinski is leaving Bundesliga relegated side VfL Bochum two games into the season and is moving to Switzerland with FC Basel. The striker scored for VfL in the 4-1 loss at Darmstadt 98 at the start of the season, his sixth goal in 76 competitive matches. He also provided seven assists. "We have emphasized that none of our players is unsellable, and we have to weigh the sporting value against the financial value of every potential transfer," said Sporting Director Dirk Dufner.

Broschinski (24) was entering the final year of his contract, and "we had no prospect of an extension." The "extraordinary offer from FC Basel" then "clearly shifted the balance toward economic viability."

Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has signed attacker Ernest Poku from Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. The Dutch U-21 international has signed a contract with the Werkself until 2030, the German runners-up announced. According to media reports, the 21-year-old will receive a transfer fee of approximately ten million euros plus bonuses.

Bayer Leverkusen has signed goalkeeper Janis Blaswich from RB Leipzig. The 34-year-old signed a contract with the Werkself until June 30, 2027, the club announced. Blaswich joins as a replacement for Lukas Hradecky, who has transferred to AS Monaco.

Vincent Vermeij is leaving Fortuna Düsseldorf and joining league rivals Dynamo Dresden with immediate effect. Both clubs have agreed not to disclose the terms of the transfer. The 31-year-old striker moved to Düsseldorf from SC Freiburg II in the summer of 2023. During his time at Fortuna, Vermeij made a total of 57 competitive appearances, scoring 15 goals and providing four assists. During the 2023/24 season, the Dutchman was Fortuna's second-best goalscorer with 14 goals in competitive matches.

Bundesliga newcomers 1. FC Köln have signed Turkish international Cenk Özkacar for their defensive line. The 24-year-old joins on loan from Valencia CF.

Bayer Leverkusen's long-time regular goalkeeper and team captain Lukas Hradecky is moving to AS Monaco with immediate effect. The Finnish national team goalkeeper has signed a two-year contract with the French Ligue 1 club until June 2027. According to media reports, Bayer is expected to pay at least three million euros for the goalkeeper.

"Despite his contract still being valid for a year, we have granted Lukas Hradecky early release after very friendly discussions. It was his wish to be able to play as number one in the Champions League once again after a great and intensive time at Bayer 04," said Leverkusen's sporting director Simon Rolfes, according to a club statement.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's defensive leader Ko Itakura is moving to Ajax Amsterdam. Borussia will receive a double-digit million euro transfer fee. The 28-year-old has signed a contract with the Dutch Champions League participant until June 2029, Ajax announced. According to media reports, Borussia will receive a transfer fee of €10.5 million for Itakura, which could increase by another €1.5 million through bonuses.

"Ko is an outstanding footballer and an outstanding person who has left his mark during his time here at Borussia," said Gladbach's sporting director Roland Virkus, according to a club statement. "He is a quality player who has always put himself at the service of the cause. We therefore respect his wish to be able to demonstrate these qualities in the Champions League in the future."

Second-division football club Fortuna Düsseldorf is further strengthening its attack after a disappointing start. Fortuna has loaned Florent Muslija from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg until the end of the season and, according to the club's statement on Friday, has also secured a purchase option.

Muslija (27) brings experience from 125 second-division matches (29 goals, 14 assists), most of them for SC Paderborn. He can play at number 10 or on the attacking wing positions; he failed to establish himself in Freiburg in one and a half years.

Preußen Münster has responded to the cruciate ligament injury of new signing Antonio Tikvic by signing Jannis Heuer on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Both clubs confirmed the transfer of the 26-year-old defender. "Antonio's injury was an absolute shock for us, and we had to react to it quickly. We've been monitoring Jannis for some time and now had the opportunity to bring him to Münster," said Münster's sporting director Ole Kittner.

Striker Steffen Tigges is leaving 1. FC Köln after three seasons. The 27-year-old will play for second-division club SC Paderborn. Tigges made a total of 81 competitive appearances for the Billy Goats, scoring ten goals. According to the club, however, his chances of regular Bundesliga appearances have "significantly diminished." Paderborn, on the other hand, are looking forward to a "strong-running and physically very present striker in his prime."

Bundesliga newcomers Cologne have made another move in the transfer market, signing left-back Kristoffer Lund. The US international with Danish roots joins from Italian club Palermo FC and will initially join on loan. Whether there is an option to buy is unknown.

"Kristoffer brings exactly the profile we're looking for on the left wing. Despite his young age, he already brings valuable international experience. By signing him, we're specifically increasing the quality and competition at left-back – this is an important building block in our squad structure," says Thomas Kessler, sporting director of 1. FC Köln.

Our sources:

• News agencies SID and dpa
• Press releases from the clubs