The season in Spain has just finished, as has the season in Italy. Transfer dealing there is already starting. Whereas in Germany where the pre-season training of most clubs is starting in the next couple of days/weeks the majority of transfers have already been done (and Bayern not only signed Toni but also Ribery, Janssen, Sosa and a couple of players earlier for more than 50m Euro altogether - with Hargreaves going out).
Yeah Ribery was mentioned too it just slipped my mind for a moment.