The Bayer Leverkusen Post
Squad17 Sep 2029
The knee: Aleix García out for 26 days
26 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bayer Leverkusen lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad17 Sep 2029
20 days out for Anthony Jung after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bayer Leverkusen will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
Franculino: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bayer Leverkusen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market17 Sep 2029
Guéla Doué has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bayer Leverkusen they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Bayer Leverkusen
Leroy Sané was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Words at Bayer Leverkusen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edmond Tapsoba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Sep 2029
One of our own: Benjamin Kaiser joins the Bayer Leverkusen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Kaiser is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Sep 2029
Felix Hofmann steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felix Hofmann has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Sep 2029
Bayer Leverkusen promote Christian Meier from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christian Meier has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jan Olschowsky
- The dugout Leroy Sané has become a man the manager trusts
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Edmond Tapsoba