Method for manufacturing a green tyre using a building drum and a transfer device. In the method tyre components are arranged on a building drum. In one step of the method the transfer device is placed around the building drum. The method further comprises a step during which a last manufacturing process for a green tyre is carried out on the building drum, and a removal step during which a removal device removes the green tyre from the building drum, wherein the removal device is provided with projecting elements that can be placed up to a distance from and around the outer circumference of the green tyre and which projecting elements can be placed such so as to engage the outer side of the green tyre. The removal step further comprises during the step in which the transfer device is placed around the building drum, placing the projecting elements up to a distance from and around the outer circumference of the building drum.