Who could be Bundesliga’s new stars?

There have been plenty of high-profile departures from the Bundesliga this summer.

Liverpool signed three of them alone – Bayer Leverkusen pair Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong, and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike.

Benjamin Sesko left RB Leipzig for Manchester United while his old team-mate Xavi Simons could be on the move to Chelsea.

And Bayern Munich legend Thomas Muller left the club after 17 years in the first team.

So the Bundesliga – which starts on Friday with Bayern v Leipzig, a game you can watch live on BBC Sport – will need some new stars.

The biggest summer signing in the Bundesliga has been Bayern Munich’s £65.5m recruitment of Liverpool winger Luis Diaz, 28.

The Colombia international scored 41 goals in 148 appearances during his three seasons at Anfield.

Last season was the most prolific of his career, scoring 17 goals in all competitions.

United States forward Malik Tillman, 23, was one of several new recruits for Bayer Leverkusen this summer.

The former Germany youth international played four times in the German top flight for Bayern Munich in 2021-22, but moved abroad to establish himself as a first-team footballer.

He joined Leverkusen for about £30m from Dutch side PSV, for whom he scored 25 goals in two seasons and helped them win the title both times.

Another Bayer Leverkusen summer signing with British experience is defender Jarell Quansah.

The uncapped 22-year-old Englishman joined Leverkusen from Liverpool in a £35m deal.

Borussia Dortmund will hope their second experience of signing a Bellingham goes as well as their first.

Dortmund paid promoted Sunderland about £27m to sign 19-year-old midfielder Jobe this summer.

The England Under-21 international has already scored for the club, having netted against Mamelodi Sundowns at the Club World Cup.

This will not be Ragnar Ache’s first season in the Bundesliga, but the forward will hope to make more of an impact this time around.

The 27-year-old joined second tier champions Cologne from Kaiserslautern, who finished seventh in that division, this summer.

Ache, who played for Germany in the 2021 Olympics, scored 34 goals in the past two 2. Bundesliga campaigns for Kaiserslautern – including 18 last year.

Left-back Louis Oppie, 23, has yet to play above the third tier – but has joined St Pauli this summer.

He was one of the stars of 3. Liga side Arminia Bielefeld’s shock run to last season’s German Cup final.

He played every minute in all six games of that run – and netted goals against Hannover and Freiburg.

Miro Muheim impressed for Hamburg last season and is the only player on this list to have been promoted with his team this summer.

The 27-year-old, who spent four years at Chelsea without playing a first-team game, is a senior Switzerland international.

Tom Bischof, 20, is not new to the Bundesliga – having played in the German top flight since the age of 16.

The box-to-box midfielder played 56 times for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga since his March 2022 debut – and caught the eye of Bayern Munich, who he joined on a free transfer this summer.

The pre-contract deal was announced back in January – and since then he has made his senior Germany debut.

Midfielder Bence Dardai, 19, is highly rated and played 21 times for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga last season – having joined from Hertha Berlin.

He will hope to make a real name for himself this season and add to his solitary goal thus far.

Winger Julien Duranville will hope he can have a big role this season – but that could depend on whether he can get fit and stay fit.

The 19-year-old, in his third season at Borussia Dortmund, is recovering from major shoulder surgery. He was injured against Real Madrid at the Club World Cup.

That is not his first injury since his 2023 move from Anderlecht, either – having only managed 27 first-team games for Dortmund to date.