He has not yet been granted redemption: for the time being, Ricardo Pepi remains a historic transfer flop in the Bundesliga
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Goal UK Mon, 23 March 2026 at 7:51 am UTC·5 min read At the age of 18, Ricardo Pepi simply wasn’t ready for the Bundesliga. The forward has since come into his own – but a €40 million transfer fell through at the last minute. "I have a dream: I want to play in the Champions League with Augsburg." With these words, the then 18-year-old Ricardo Pepi – who was reportedly even being tracked by FC Bayern Munich – set himself some rather ambitious goals with his new club in January 2022.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement As if the staggering transfer fee of 16 million euros (still a club record) and the fact that Augsburg’s then sporting director Stefan Reuter had already compared...