The Bayer Leverkusen Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Leroy Sané
Bayer Leverkusen asked and Galatasaray said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Bayer Leverkusen make their move for Chris Brady
$7.5M on the table at Chicago Fire. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bayer Leverkusen turn down Borussia Dortmund for Lucas Vázquez
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Loïc Badé signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Loïc Badé and Bayer Leverkusen agree another 5 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Ante Budimir
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Bayer Leverkusen have done the hard part with Osasuna, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ameen Al-Dakhil arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ameen Al-Dakhil has, at Bayer Leverkusen, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bayer Leverkusen
Patrik Schick and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Loïc Badé
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Loïc Badé, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ralph Ludwig steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ralph Ludwig 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.
In brief
- Market Niklas Neumann steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
- Market Bayer Leverkusen promote Markus Roth from within
- Squad Miguel Gutiérrez falls out with a teammate over standards