Loan plus obligation to buy
Robin Gosens plays in Serie A for a club from Lombardy with black and blue shirts – in the future, however, it will no longer be Atalanta, but Inter Milan. Both clubs have officially confirmed the transfer of the 27-year-old Germany international. Gosens will initially join the Nerazzurri on loan, with an obligation to buy in the summer. The left-back will then receive a permanent contract running until 2026.
With the transfer, Inter make Gosens the most expensive German signing in Serie A history. According to consistent media reports, the obligation amounts to €22 million plus possible bonus payments, which could raise the fee to a total of €25 million. This was the initial demand of Atalanta, where the contract of the attack-minded defender was running until 2023. In the rich history of German players in the Italian top flight, Mario Gómez, who had moved from Bayern Munich to Fiorentina for €15.5 million in 2013/14, holds the top spot so far.
Matthäus, Rüdiger & Co. – The most expensive Germans in Serie A history
23 Lothar Matthäus | 88/89 from FC Bayern to Inter | Fee: €3.6M
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22 Julian Chabot | 19/20 from FC Groningen to Sampdoria | Fee: €3.7M
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20 Stefan Effenberg | 92/93 from FC Bayern to Fiorentina | Fee: €3.8M
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20 Rudi Völler | 87/88 from Werder to AS Roma | Fee: €3.8M
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19 Jens Lehmann | 98/99 from Schalke 04 to AC Milan | Fee: €4.3M
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18 Lennart Czyborra | 19/20 from H. Almelo to Atalanta | Fee: €4.6M
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17 Christian Ziege | 97/98 from FC Bayern to AC Milan | Fee: €5.1M
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16 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 84/85 from FC Bayern to Inter | Fee: €5.5M
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15 Lennart Czyborra | 21/22 from Atalanta to Genoa | Fee: €5.5M
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+ €0.2M loan fee
14 Matthias Sammer | 92/93 from VfB Stuttgart to Inter | Fee: €6M
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13 Savio Nsereko | 09/10 from West Ham to Fiorentina | Fee: €6.2M
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12 Jürgen Klinsmann | 89/90 from VfB Stuttgart to Inter | Fee: €6.5M
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9 Karl-Heinz Riedle | 90/91 from Werder to Lazio | Fee: €7.5M
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9 Jürgen Kohler | 91/92 from FC Bayern to Juventus | Fee: €7.5M
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9 Thomas Doll | 91/92 from HSV to Lazio | Fee: €7.5M
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8 Thomas Häßler | 91/92 from Juventus to AS Roma | Fee: €7.7M
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7 Thomas Häßler | 90/91 from 1. FC Köln to Juventus | Fee: €7.8M
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6 Antonio Rüdiger | 16/17 from VfB Stuttgart to AS Roma | Fee: €9M
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+ €4M loan fee
5 Diego Demme | 19/20 from RB Leipzig to SSC Napoli | Fee: €10.3M
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4 Oliver Bierhoff | 98/99 from Udinese to AC Milan | Fee: €12.5M
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3 Jörg Heinrich | 98/99 from BVB zur Fiorentina | Fee: €12.6M
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2 Mario Gómez | 13/14 from FC Bayern to Fiorentina | Fee: €15.5M
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1 Robin Gosens | 13/14 from Atalanta to Inter | Fee: €22M
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At the same time, only four departures in Atalanta’s history were more expensive: Dejan Kulusevski (€35 million to Juventus), Alessandro Bastoni (€31.1 million to Inter), Franck Kessié (€24 million to AC Milan) and Andrea Conti (€24 million to AC Milan). Inter, meanwhile, paid a higher transfer fee for a new signing 26 times. In the ranking of the most expensive German players in football history, Gosens ranks 26th behind Timo Werner (€22.2 million to RB Leipzig) and tied with Mario Götze.
Inter signing Gosens: Outstanding development at Atalanta
Gosens, in whom Newcastle were interested as well, leaves Atalanta after 157 matches, 29 goals and 21 assists in five and a half years. In recent years, the Emmerich native had an outstanding development under head coach Gian Piero Gasperini: The wing-back, who had never been active in Germany as a professional, arrived as a largely unknown signing from Heracles Almelo in the summer of 2017 to become a key player in Gasperini’s 3-5-2 system and also recommended himself for the national team through strong performances in the Champions League.
From Dzeko to Coutinho – The most expensive winter transfers in history
20 – Edin Dzeko to Manchester City
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2010/11 | For €35M from Wolfsburg
19 – Lucas Paquetá to AC Milan
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2018/19 | For €38.4M from Flamengo
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2012/13 | For €40M from Sao Paulo FC
18 – Leandro Paredes to PSG
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2018/19 | For €40M from Zenit St. Petersburg
18 – Cédric Bakambu to BJ Gouan
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2017/18 | For €40M from Villarreal
15 – Andy Carroll to Liverpool
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2010/11 | For €41M from Newcastle
14 – Jackson Martínez to Guangzhou
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2015/16 | For €42M from Atlético
14 – Paulinho to Guangzhou
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2018/19 | For €42M from Barcelona
12 – Juan Mata to Man United
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2013/14 | For €44.7M from Chelsea
11 – Alex Teixeira to Jiangsu Suning
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2015/16 | For €50M from Shakhtar
10 – Ferran Torres to FC Barcelona
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2021/12 | For €55M from Manchester City
9 – Fernando Torres to Chelsea
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2010/11 | For €58.5M from Liverpool
8 – Oscar to Shanghai SIPG
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2016/17 | For €60M from Chelsea
8 – Diego Costa to Atlético
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2017/18 | For €60M from Chelsea
6 – Bruno Fernandes to Man United
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2019/20 | For €63M from Sporting
5 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Arsenal
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2017/18 | For €63.8M from Bor. Dortmund
4 – Christian Pulisic to Chelsea
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2018/19 | For €64M from Bor. Dortmund
3 – Aymeric Laporte to Manchester City
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2017/18 | For €65M from Athletic Club
2 – Virgil van Dijk to Liverpool
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2017/18 | For €84.7M from Southampton
1 – Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona
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2017/18 | For €135M from Liverpool
In recent months, however, Gosens had been absent due to a serious thigh injury, it is also open when he can start playing for Inter. The transfer is therefore already seen as an addition for the new season. “On the left side, two players could leave the team of head coach Simone Inzaghi due to expiring contracts,” Jatin Dietl, Area Manager Transfermarkt IT, says. “In the case of Aleksandar Kolarov, this is already virtually certain and with Ivan Perisic, who is playing a very strong season, there is no agreement on an extension so far. Only homegrown Federico Dimarco remains at the club in this position. Gosens fits Inzaghi like a glove as a counterpart to Denzel Dumfries on the right side due to his quality on the attack.”
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