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5 transfers Champions League clubs need to make in summer 2025

22Mar

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5 transfers Champions League clubs need to make in summer 2025

Winning the Champions League is one thing, but staying on top and being a legitimate title contender year in and year out is another thing entirely and requires making the right signings at the right times. Here are five signings that the traditional heavyweights - and new contenders - in the Champions League need to make in the summer 2025 transfer window in order to improve their chances of making the leap or building a true dynasty. Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid Listen, Real Madrid needed to sign another right back five years ago, and while Dani Carvajal proved a lot of Madrid fans wrong by showing he has plenty left in the tank last season, he will be coming off an ACL tear in 2025/26 at the age of 33 at a physically demanding position. Real Madrid need a new right back...

When is Manuel Neuer returning from injury for Bayern Munich?

Bayern Munich star goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been out since Mar. 5 with a torn muscle fiber in his right calf that he suffered during a 3-0 blowout win over Bundesliga title rivals Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16. The young Jonas Urbig, acquired from FC Koln in the winter transfer window, has ably stepped in for Neuer as the club's most promising backup in years, but the German footballing legend's return is soon on the horizon. According to a report from Sky Sports Germany's Florian Plettenberg, Neuer is working hard on his comeback at the club facilities and is targeting a Mar. 29 return date against bottom-half Bundesliga side St. Pauli. The fixture will be Bayern's first after the international break, and it will be a chance for Neuer to...

3 left wingers Bayern Munich can sign in summer 2025 transfer window

With Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry clearly on the decline, Bayern Munich are in the market for some more help on the left wing. They already have solutions at striker, attacking midfielder, and right winger in Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, and Michael Olise, but they need more depth out wide for the 2025/26 season. Bryan Zaragoza, back in LaLiga on loan, is one option on the left wing next season, but Bayern should hedge their bets with another player who can offer more dynamism and be on the pitch more frequently than Coman or Gnabry at this stage of their successful careers. So here are a trio of left wingers Bayern Munich could feasibly sign in the summer 2025 transfer window. Nico Williams, Athletic Club Nico Williams continues to be linked with a move to Bavaria, per BILD's chi...