Football · The PrecedentPublished · 2026-08-14
The Precedent
1st on the list: how Stuttgart's €15.0m for Bilal El Khannouss sits against its own midfielders
The club has bought 7 midfielders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.
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Stuttgart paid €15.0m for Bilal El Khannouss. Against the club's own history of paying for midfielders, that is the 1st largest such fee on record.
| Player | From | Fee | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Kostić | FC Groningen | €6.0m | 2014/15 |
| Santiago Ascacíbar | Estudiantes LP | €6.0m | 2017/18 |
| Angelo Stiller | Hoffenheim | €5.5m | 2023/24 |
| Naouirou Ahamada | Juventus U23 | €4.1m | 2021/22 |
| Woo-yeong Jeong | Freiburg | €3.8m | 2023/24 |
| Philipp Förster | SV Sandhausen | €3.0m | 2019/20 |
A club's own precedent is the only fair yardstick for whether a fee is a departure for it. A number that looks enormous league-wide can be routine for one buyer, and a modest one can be a record for another.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
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