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Borussia Dortmund do not need to pursue their alleged interest in right-back Elias Baum of Eintracht Frankfurt any further.

For some football fans, the summer is the part of the calendar that they look forward to the most - and that's not just because it's filled by a World Cup every four years! Rather, it's because the end of the season means only one thing: It's time for transfers! The 2026 window is once again proving to be busy, with some huge names making big-money moves before deadline day on September 1.

The richest football, the poorest budgets

Do Borussia Dortmund have to worry about one of their World Cup returnees? Carney Chukwuemeka was unable to continue in the friendly against FC Tokyo on Saturday from the 23rd minute onwards because of injury.