Davies, Kabak, Balerdi and the Bundesliga's most expensive teenage signings
By Rune Gjerulff @runegjerulff
In Alphonso Davies, Ozan Kabak and Leonardo Balerdi, three exciting teenagers have been brought to Germany from abroad this month. Here, we take a look at the Bundesliga's most expensive teenage signings.
| Alphonso Davies. | Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 |
Price: €10 million - from Vancouver Whitecaps to Bayern München, 2019.
Age at time of the transfer: 18.
13. Landry Dimata
Price: €10 million - from KV Oostende to VfL Wolfsburg, 2017.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
13. Dayot Upamecano
Price: €10 million - from RB Salzburg to RB Leipzig, 2017.
Age at the time of the transfer: 18.
12. Ozan Kabak
Price: €11 million - from Galatasaray to VfB Stuttgart, 2019.
Age at the time of the transfer: 18.
10. Breno
Price: €12 million - from Sao Paulo to Bayern München, 2008.
Age at the time of the transfer: 18.
10. Leon Bailey
Price: €12 million - from KRC Genk to Bayer Leverkusen, 2017.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
8. Ousmane Dembélé
Price: €15 million - from Stade Rennais to Borussia Dortmund, 2016.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
8. Matheus Cunha
Price: €15 million - from FC Sion to RB Leipig, 2018.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
7. Oliver Burke
Price: €15,2 million - from Nottingham Forest to RB Leipzig, 2016.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
6. Leonardo Balerdi
Price: €15,5 million - from Boca Juniors to Borussia Dortmund, 2019.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
5. Panagiotis Retos
Price: €17,5 million - from Olympiakos to Bayer Leverkusen, 2017.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
4. Paulinho
Price: €18,5 million - from Vasco da Gama to Bayer Leverkusen, 2018.
Age at the time of the transfer: 17.
3. Breel Embolo
Price: €22,5 million - from FC Basel to Schalke 04, 2016.
Age at the time of the transfer: 19.
2. Kingsley Coman
Price: €28 million in total (€7 million in loan fee + €21 million in transfer fee) - from Juventus to Bayern München, 2017
Age at the time of the transfer: 19 (when he joined Bayern on loan).
1. Renato Sanches
Price: €35 million - from Benfica to Bayern München, 2016.
Age at the time of the transfer: 18.