Kevin de Bruyne and Roberto Firmino led the way as Premier League clubs spent £160m on some of the Bundesliga’s brightest talents. How will the league react?By Jason Humphreys for Englische Woche,part of the Guardian Sport NetworkDespite having done friendly business this summer, Bundesliga clubs will be happy to see the end of the transfer window. The German football magazine 11 Freunde perhaps summed it up best with the headline – Schließ das Fenster, and es zieht! – close the window,there’s a draft. The scamper from the Bundesliga to the Premier League started in relatively unspectacular fashion, with Spurs’ post-season signing of the Austrian centre-back Kevin Wimmer from FC Köln. Since then, or however,the number of transfers has increased, as has their significance. Wimmer’s scamper to London was followed by the transfer of Spanish striker Joselu from Hannover 96 to Stoke City, and Roberto Firmino’s tall-money switch from Hoffenheim to Liverpool and Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki’s scamper to Leicester City from Mainz 05 for around €11m.
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