RB instead of VfB & BVB
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Ezechiel Banzuzi is the first newcomer to RB Leipzig and the first new Bundesliga player of the 2025/26 season, which costs a double-digit million revenue. After the medical check took place on Monday, the Saxons officially presented the 20 -year -old midfielder. The Dutch U21 international comes from Oud-Heverlee Leuven from Belgium, signed until 2030 and, according to reports, costs 15 million to 16 million euros.
In the Bundesliga comparison, only Banzuzi’s future team-mate Arthur Vermeeren (20 million) and the Dortmund Yan Couto (25 million) are more expensive in the Bundesliga comparison in summer. Wolfsburg’s Mohamed Amoura also costs 15 million euros. The difference: Everyone is already playing with their clubs and are committed to borrowing. In this size, RB prefers to buy its newcomers, since 2016 20 professionals have cost between 15 million and 20 million euros (to the most expensive RB purchases). These include players where the business was worth, such as Mohamed Simakan or Benjamin Henrichs, and others for whom this is not the case: Ilaix Moriba, Oliver Burke or Bruma, for example. Banzuzi is a little more expensive than its current market value, which increase in the latest update from 5 million to EUR 10 million.
BVB and VfB Stuttgart also showed interest on Banzuzi, but they go away empty -handed in advertising, as well as clubs from the Premier League, Portugal and Belgium. The 1.91 -meter midfield strategist comes to three goals and six templates in 31 games this season.
Leipzig’s sports manager Marcel Schäfer says of the newcomer: “We are very pleased that Ezekiel has decided for RB Leipzig despite great interest from the Bundesliga and abroad. He is a classic box-to-box player, big, quickly, physically and technically strong. As a central midfielder, he also likes to play the game dynamically and also has a good passing and also has his goal in front of the opposing goal Qualities, especially with standards.
TM expert about new-Leipzig Banzuzi: “Best as a box-to-box player”
Bart Tamsyn, Area Manager Belgium in the transfer market, describes Banzuzi as a “modern midfielder who combines both physical attributes and technical and tactical qualities. He can assert himself on the defensive, but also penetrate the penalty area and appear in front of the goal. It can be used in all positions in the middle of the field, but may only be suitable as a box-to-box player. Years old has played well over 100 games at the professional level.
