In the midst of a summer that saw the flight of talent from the Bundesliga to the lucrative English Premier League (Florian Wirtz, Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitiké), Luis Diaz and Jobe Bellingham took the opposite path and will discover the Bundesliga.

There have been more moves between Bundesliga clubs, with Jonathan Burkardt joining Eintracht Frankfurt's attack, while Jonathan Tah has moved to Munich to form the central defensive hinge for Bayern alongside Dayot Upamecano.

Diaz, Bayern's only attacking reinforcement

"The club decided it had to save money," Bayern sporting director Max Eberl summarized on Thursday. As a result, Bayern only really spent on one player this summer, Colombian international Luis Diaz (28 years old, 64 caps), who was paid €75 million (including bonuses). In the final ten days of the transfer window, it will only look to the loan market.

Having enjoyed a remarkable 2024/25 season with the Reds, and actively participating in Liverpool's conquest of the English league title, Diaz will occupy the left side of Bayern's attacking line-up.

In his first official match, he showed unexpected finishing skills, perfectly crossing his header to secure his first trophy, the anecdotal Franz Beckenbauer Super Cup.

Quickly integrating well into the Munich squad, he is expected to be a force to be reckoned with for his ability to break away and his speed. A favorite at Anfield, he still needs to win the hearts of the Allianz Arena crowd, like Frenchman Michael Olise (22 years old), a revelation of the Bundesliga and a good pick for Munich in the summer of 2024.

Bellingham, Jobe follow in Jude's footsteps in Dortmund

At 19, Jobe Bellingham has decided to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Jude, who was two years younger when he signed with Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2020. He has also decided to use his first name, not his last name, on his jersey.

"These are things you think about. You have that anxiety, especially me because I'm the young one" of the siblings, Jobe admitted during Dortmund's summer preparation in Austria.

Even before kicking off the 2025/26 season on Monday in the last 32 of the Cup (1-0 victory), Bellingham has already played four official matches with the Yellow and Black, at the Club World Cup, scoring one goal and providing one assist.

These first minutes have shown that the similarities with his brother Jude are not only physical, because Niko Kovac has moved Jobe into the offensive animation of BVB, a position his brother occupied during his last season (2022/23) in the Ruhr before joining Real.

Burkardt, to make Ekitiké forget

At 25, Jonathan Burkardt has decided to leave his training club, Mainz, which he left in 6th place and in the Conference League play-offs, to move up a level and play in the Champions League with Eintracht Frankfurt.

The center forward had his first caps with the Mannschaft in the fall of 2024 in the Nations League, and must make us forget the departure of Hugo Ekitiké to Liverpool this summer at a high price (around 90 million euros).

In his first preseason match in the United States at the end of July, he scored his first goal and provided his first assist. "We can expect a lot from 'Jonny'," praised coach Dino Toppmöller.

Tah, new duet with Upamecano

Jonathan Tah, who has just completed his contract with Bayer Leverkusen after ten seasons, quickly signed a contract with Bayern Munich after the end of the 2024/25 season. The Munich club had to pay a small fee so that he, along with midfielder Tom Bischof (who joined from Hoffenheim), could compete in the Club World Cup.

A key player in Xabi Alonso's three-man central defence, Tah will have to find his footing with French international Dayot Upamecano, who was the boss of Munich's defence last season.