Money rain thanks Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Knauf (BVB) and Co.

More than 1.7 million euros for 107 amateur associations below the 3rd League: Thus, the DFL German Football League rewards the debut of 61 players in the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga during the past season 2020/21, which were promoted with these clubs.

Florian Wirtz from Bayer 04 Leverkusen is also one of the professionals who completed their first job as a license player in the 2020/21 season. This now benefits the SV green-white Brauweiler, for which National Wirtz played in his daycas from 2008 to 2010 - the state division from the Rhine-Erft district receives just under 8,000 euros.

The first Bundesliga use of U21 national player Ansgar Knauf for Borussia Dortmund benefits, among other things, the SVG Göttingen 07 benefits: The Oberligaist from Lower Saxony, for which KNauf was active from 2006 to 2015, is rewarded with 36,000 euros.

The highest amount of more than 110,000 euros goes to the FC red-white Erfurt. Three professionals played at the headlios from Thuringia, which celebrated the last season as a license player their premiere in the Bundesliga or 2nd Bundesliga, formerly in Junior teams: Ilia Gruev (2006-2015) of SV Werder Bremen, Tobias Krautich (2014-2018) of FC Würzburger Kickers and Marvin Lee Rittmüller (2006-2016) from 1. FC Heidenheim 1846.

Associations benefit from the training fee, the later licensing players have trained from the season of their 6th to the playing time of their 21st birthday.

For the training of a player between the season of his 6th to the season of his 11th birthday, the clubs received 4,200 euros for a total season. For training in the season of his 12th to the season of his 21st birthday, the clubs receive € 5,400 per playing time each. This rework system, which was revised by the DFL in favor of the amateur associations, came for the first time in the 2017/18 season - previously only the five years were crucial from the effectiveness of the first licensehouse contract.

In total, almost seven million euros have been paid to clubs below the 3rd league since 2017/18.