The 20-year-old leaves the “Bullen” as a three-time double winner after four years and will receive a five-year contract with the Revierclub that will apply from summer, as both clubs announced on Tuesday. Shortly before, the basic agreement between Dortmund and Manchester City about a move from Erling Haaland to England had become known.
30 to 40 million euros fee
While a fixed transfer fee of 75 million euros is said to have been agreed for the Norwegian, who also came from Salzburg at the beginning of 2020, there is no official information about the transfer fee for Adeyemi. Media reports recently spoke of 30 to 40 million euros. It would be a record in Austria’s Bundesliga. Last summer, Patson Daka went from Salzburg to Leicester City in the English Premier League for a reported 30 million euros.
The second most expensive transfer abroad is Naby Keita, who moved to Leipzig in 2016 for 29.7 million. Overall, Salzburg is unchallenged in the exchange balance. No other Austrian club currently manages to sell players in the tens of millions. Adeyemi has scored 33 times in 92 competitive games for Salzburg and also had 23 assists. This season he is well on his way to winning the top scorer’s crown with 19 goals.
Little time for sentimentality
“It’s not easy for me to find the right words so close to saying goodbye. I’ve experienced so much and learned so much during this time – some of it I still can’t quite put into practice. But there’s not much left in football Time for sentimentality, because I’m already taking it a step further,” said Adeyemi. It is important to him to leave the club as a double winner. “It feels great,” emphasized the DFB team striker.
Adeyemi had moved from Unterhaching to Salzburg in the summer of 2018 with great advance praise. “He was a young, funny and polite fellow with an enormous amount of talent,” recalls Salzburg’s sporting director Christoph Freund. Austria’s series champion is said to have transferred three million euros for the 16-year-old at the time. Two years later, the technically strong and agile attacker moved up to the pros.
Down-to-earth and popular everywhere
The goals in Austria and his appearances in the Champions League did not go unnoticed at home either. Adeyemi made his debut for the German national team last September. In the 6-0 win over Armenia, he scored a goal straight away. In total, he has completed three international matches for the senior national team.
“As a player he has developed tremendously in the four years with us and experienced extraordinary things with us. The many titles, his first Champions League goal or his goal on his debut in the German national team are certainly milestones in his career. As a guy However, Karim has remained the same, has hardly changed his character to this day and is still the same down-to-earth, good guy who is extremely popular everywhere – whether in the team or with the fans,” said Freund.
Adeyemi meets a number of ex-Salzburgers at his new club with coach Marco Rose, Alexander Zickler, Rene Maric and Patrick Eibenberger (athletic coach).
Source: Nachrichten
