Germany woke up this Thursday with a tragic news that affects the world of German football. According to the newspaper Bild, agent Jörg Neubauer died this morning at his farm in Mallorca. The renowned representative suffered from a brain tumor that was diagnosed a year and a half ago. Neubauer had been very limited lately, suffering from paralysis in his hand.
For this reason, Neubauer withdrew from the business and only two clients were retained: Kevin Trapp, Frankfurt goalkeeper, and Leon Goretzka, cmidfielder for Bayern and the German national team. Thanks to him, Christoph Metzelder and Raúl arrived at Schalke 04 in their day, he was also key in the transfer of Jérôme Boateng to Bayern after his visit to Manchester City and made Sami Khedira a star when negotiating his signing for Real Madrid.
In 2002, he was also the architect of the transfer of Sebastian Deisler from Hertha Berlin to Bayern. Neubauer managed to get Deisler to receive 20 million marks of premium, a capital figure at that time! However, the professional decided to return the sum later.
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