Too high salary demands from Moukoko?

Youssoufa Moukoko is said to have been rebuffed at Borussia Dortmund with excessive salary demands. Marcel Schmelzer looks back on his time with the national team – with rather negative feelings. Current news and rumors about BVB.

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BVB, rumor: Moukoko apparently demands “top salary”

Is there a premature separation between Youssoufa Moukoko and BVB? The 17-year-old, who has had a very difficult year (only 482 minutes, just 210 in the Bundesliga), has demanded a “top salary” from the club for the extension of his contract, which expires in 2023, according to the WAZ. However, the club is not prepared to pay this.

Moukoko himself had recently avoided a clear commitment to BVB. “I don’t want to say anything about that,” said the U21 international WAZ asked about his future. Moukoko’s contract only runs until 2023.

According to BVB Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke, there is “a decent chance” that Moukoko will extend, as he recently did Ruhr news said. But Watzke also said: “Youssoufa will make the final decision.”

More profit than Bayern and BVB: Surprising BL finance master

1/21

The DFL has published the official financial figures for the end of the 2021 financial year. Not FC Bayern Munich, certainly not Borussia Dortmund and also not RB Leipzig made the biggest profit.

2/21

For most clubs, the balance sheet date is 30/06/2021, so the figures refer to the 2020/21 season. For Frankfurt, Leverkusen, Gladbach, Schalke and Stuttgart, they refer to the 2021 calendar year.

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At the end of the 2020 financial year, eleven clubs were still in the red, a year later there are already 13. SPOX provides an overview of the profits and losses of the clubs that will play in the Bundesliga next season.

4/21

HERTHA BSC (18th place): -77,952,000 euros – It is particularly striking that the Berliners used around 90 percent of their gross sales (before tax) for personnel costs. Around 92 of 102 million euros flow into the entire staff.

5/21

BORUSSIA DORTMUND (17th place): -72,810,000 euros – At BVB, consultant costs have fallen from around 38 to around 32 million euros compared to the previous year, but they are still the leader in the league.

6/21

FC SCHALKE 04 (16th place): -18,705,000 euros – The miners have been able to reduce their personnel expenses in recent years (currently around 88 million euros). With a gross turnover of 199 million euros, they even rank sixth.

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1. FC KÖLN (15th place): -18,315,000 euros – Christian Keller should improve the numbers in the future through clever sporting action. The low equity of only 1.5 million euros at FC catches the eye. This puts them in 14th place in the Bundesliga.

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BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH (14th place): -14,610,000 euros – The foals were able to increase their gross sales by almost six million euros compared to the previous year. The bottom line is at least two million euros less loss.

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1. FC UNION BERLIN (13th place): -11,361,000 euros – four million euros more loss than in the previous year. Striking: equity has deteriorated from -17 million euros to -27 million euros.

10/21

FSV MAINZ 05 (12th place): -10,185,000 euros – Mainz have the fourth lowest personnel expenses (48 million euros), but also the fourth lowest gross profit in terms of sales.

11/21

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (11th place): -9,913,000 euros – 5th place in terms of gross sales (around 206 million euros). On the other hand, they have very high other operating expenses (around 90 million euros, fourth place).

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SV WERDER BREMEN (10th place): -7,081,000 euros – Here the third-lowest equity capital stands out (-20 million euros). Otherwise, the result is average in a league comparison.

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VfL BOCHUM (9th place): -4,930,000 euros – lowest gross sales (around 28 million euros), lowest personnel costs (around 18 million euros), lowest consultant costs (around 800,000 euros) – but maximum performance and efficiency.

14/21

VfB STUTTGART (8th place): -1,234,000 euros – At VfB, the high transfer income of around 40 million euros should make itself felt. Raw sales increased 1.5-fold to EUR 142.5 million.

15/21

FC AUGSBURG (7th place): -523,000 euros – At FCA, the “special item for investment grants” (almost 17 million euros) stands out. The US investor is obvious, but it can also be government grants that are booked differently than others.

16/21

TSG HOFFENHEIM (6th place): -142,000 euros – Hoffenheim is one of the special cases in the Bundesliga. They actually made a loss of almost 23 million euros, which was offset by Dietmar Hopp.

17/21

VfL WOLFSBURG (4th place): 0 euros – VW is responsible for this on the Mittelland Canal. The car manufacturer takes over the loss of -17.8 million euros. Incidentally, this would also pay off the profits – like Hopp in the previous year with 55 million euros.

18/21

BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN (4th place): 0 euros – Here it is Bayer who compensate for a minus of around 13.7 million euros and thus ensure that Leverkusen comes out with 0 in the balance sheet.

19/21

FC BAYERN MUNICH (3rd place): 1,936,000 euros – gross sales fell by almost 60 million, personnel costs rose by 33 million euros. Other operational expenses were saved (almost 90 million euros less).

20/21

RB LEIPZIG (2nd place): 2,768,000 euros – Like FCA, Leipzig has a high-value “special item for investment grants” (almost 30 million euros). Red Bull is one option as a sponsor, but state subsidies would be the other here too.

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SC FREIBURG (1st place): 9,777,000 million euros – The sustainable work of the SC is also reflected in the figures. With the fifth lowest personnel expenses (around 53.5 million euros), they are more successful than most of the other clubs.

BVB, News: Schmelzer talks about time with the DFB team

Marcel Schmelzer has bad memories of his time with the German national team. “I was never happy to be in the senior national team – and I didn’t really feel comfortable,” said the 16-time national player in an interview on the website of his former club Borussia Dortmund.

The 34-year-old cited the rivalry between Bayern Munich and Dortmund as the reason: “There was tension there.” In addition, Schmelzer criticized the then national coach Joachim Löw: “In addition, Löw said twice publicly that he was forced to work with me.”

Here is the detailed news.

BVB, summer timetable: Dates and test matches

The black and yellow are completing the training camp in Bad Ragaz (Switzerland). Before the trip there, however, training will continue in Dortmund for a little over two weeks. The training camp is probably not planned until July 15th to 23rd.

Until then, two friendlies are planned on German soil, and there should be two more in Switzerland. Not much more is known about the training camp or the test matches themselves.

Because the World Cup will be held between November 21st and December 18th, the competitive season will start a little earlier this year. Borussia starts on July 29 against 1860 Munich in the DFB Cup, a week later the Bundesliga starts.

Incidentally, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig will make up the Supercup in 2022, since BVB missed out on winning the cup as well as the championship. The Saxons were able to win this.

BVB: The current squad for the 2022/23 season

position	Surname	age
GATE	Gregory Kobel	24
GATE	Luca Unbehaun	21
GATE	Alexander Meyer	31
GATE	Stefan Drljaca	23
DEFENSE	Manuel Akanji	26
DEFENSE	Mats Hummels	33
DEFENSE	Nico Schlotterbeck	22
DEFENSE	Niklas Sule	26
DEFENSE	Soumaila Coulibaly	18
DEFENSE	Raphael Guerreiro	28
DEFENSE	Nico Schulz	29
DEFENSE	Thomas Meunier	30
DEFENSE	Mateu Morey Bauza	22
DEFENSE	Felix Passlack	24
MIDFIELD	Emre Can	28
MIDFIELD	Salih Ozcan	24
MIDFIELD	Abdoulaye Kamara	17
MIDFIELD	Jude Bellingham	18
MIDFIELD	Mahmoud Dahoud	26
MIDFIELD	Giovanni Reina	19
MIDFIELD	Julian Brandt	26
ATTACK	Marco Reus	33
ATTACK	Karim Adeyemi	20
ATTACK	Thorgan Hazard	29
ATTACK	Donyell Paint	23
ATTACK	Youssoufa Moukoko	17
ATTACK	Steffen Tigges	23
ATTACK	Jayden Braaf	19