Major German close-season transfers

BERLIN (Reuters) -- Following is of a list of major transfers and other personnel changes involving German first division clubs during the close season. Transfer fees given in millions of euros. Free transfers include players out of contract moving under the Bosman ruling. (gk) denotes goalkeeper, (d) defender, (m) midfielder and (f) forward.

    Player                     From/To               Fee
 ARMINIA BIELEFELD
 IN
    Benjamin Lense (d)         Darmstadt             0.25
    Bernd Rauw (m)             Alemannia Aachen      0.2
 OUT
    Arne Friedrich (d)         Hertha Berlin         1.8
 BAYER LEVERKUSEN
 IN
    Hanno Balitsch (m)         FC Cologne            1.0
    Daniel Bierofka (m)        TSV 1860 Munich       4.0
    Landon Donovan (f)         San Jose         return from loan
    Franca (f)                 Sao Paulo             8.5
    Juan (d)                   Flamengo              3.5
    Christoph Preuss (m)       Eintracht Frankfurt   2.2
    Jan Simak (m)              Hanover 96            6.5
 OUT
    Michael Ballack (m)        Bayern Munich         6.0
    Ze Roberto (m)             Bayern Munich         9.5
 BAYERN MUNICH
 IN
    Michael Ballack (m)        Bayer Leverkusen      6.0
    Sebastian Deisler (m)      Hertha Berlin         9.0
    Ze Roberto (m)             Bayer Leverkusen      9.5
 OUT
    Stefan Effenberg (m)       released              free
    Paulo Sergio (f)           Al-Wahda SC           free
    Ciri Sforza (m)            released              free
    Carsten Jancker (f)        Udinese               5.0
 BORUSSIA DORTMUND
 IN
    Juan Ramon Fernandez (m)   La Plata              1.6
    Torsten Frings (m)         Werder Bremen         8.5
    Roman Weidenfeller (g)     Kaiserslautern        free
 OUT
    Juergen Kohler (d) (end of career)
    Miroslav Stevic (m)        released              free
 BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH
 IN
    Jeff Strasser (d)          Kaiserslautern        free
 OUT
    Marcel Miecel (f)          Legia Warsaw          loan
    Peter Nielsen (m)          FC Copenhagen         free
 ENERGIE COTTBUS
 IN
    Andrzej Juskowiak (f)      Wolfsburg             0.35
    Zsolt Low (m)              Ujpest Budapest       0.4
    Marcel Rozgonyi (d)        Schalke 04            0.15
    Robert Vagner (m)          Ujpest Budapest       0.4
 OUT
    Janos Matyus (d)           Perugia               free
 HANSA ROSTOCK
 IN
    Thomas Meggle (m)          FC St. Pauli          0.475
    Rade Prica (f)             Helsingborg           2.2
 HAMBURG SV
 IN
    Cristian Ledesma (m)       River Plate           4.0
 HANOVER 96
 IN
    Mohammad Idrissou (f)      SV Wehen              0.3
    Blaise N'Kufo (f)          FSV Mainz 05          1.4
    Jiri Stajner (m)           Slovan Liberec        3.0
 OUT
    Jan Simak (m)              Bayer Leverkusen      7.5
 HERTHA BERLIN
 IN
    Arne Friedrich (d)         Arminia Bielefeld     1.8
    Bartosz Karwan (f)         Legia Warsaw          0.5
    Luizao (f)                 Gremio                free
 OUT
    Sebastian Deisler (m)      Bayern Munich         9.0
    Ali Daei (f)               Al Shahab Dubai       free
 KAISERSLAUTERN
 IN
    Nzelo Lembi (d)            FC Bruges             3.0
    Christian Timm (f)         FC Cologne            1.0
 OUT
    Olaf Marschall (f)         Al-Etehad SC          free
    Jeff Strasser (d)          B. Moenchengladbach   free
    Roman Weidenfelder (g)     Borussia Dortmund     free
 NUREMBERG
 IN
    Rade Todorovic (m)         Slavia Sofia          0.1
 SCHALKE 04
 IN
    Christian Poulsen (m)      FC Copenhagen         7.0
    Frank Rost (g)             Werder Bremen         6.25
 OUT
    Youri Mulder (f)           releasesed            free
    Jiri Nemec (m)             Chmel Bisany          free
    Marcel Rozgonyi (d)        Energie Cottbus       0.15
    Olaf Thon (career ended)
 TSV 1860 MUNICH
 IN
    Rodrigo Costa (f)          Gremio                free
    Remo Meyer (d)             Lausanne Sports       1.0
 OUT
    Daniel Bierofka (m)        Bayer Leverkusen      4.0
 VFB STUTTGART
 IN
    Diego Benaglio (g)         Grasshoppers Zurich   0.1
    Stephan Kanu (m)           Eintracht Frankfurt   0.15
 VFL BOCHUM
 IN
    Thordur Gudjonsson (f)     Preston               free
    Raymond Kalia (d)          Extremadura CF        free
 OUT
    Dino Toppmoeller (m)       Eintracht Frankfurt   free
 WERDER BREMEN
 IN
    Angelos Charisteas (f)     Aris Saloniki         3.0
    Markus Daun (f)            Bayer Leverkusen      loan
    Manuel Friedrich (d)       FSV Mainz 05          2.5
    Marco Reich (m)            FC Cologne            0.25
 OUT
    Marco Bode (m)             released              free
    Rade Bogdanovic (f)        Arminia Bielefeld     free
    Torsten Frings (m)         Borussia Dortmund     8.5
    Frank Rost (g)             Schalke 04            6.25
    Roberto Silva (f)          Sporting Lima         free
 WOLFSBURG
 IN
    Kim Madsen (d)             FC Copenhagen         free
 OUT
    Andrzej Juskowiak (f)      Energie Cottbus       0.35

 

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