The Bayer Leverkusen Post
Market24 Aug 2026
Jonas Hofmann moves on
Köln pay $4.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market24 Aug 2026
Niklas Lomb puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bayer Leverkusen, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Patrik Schick in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bayer Leverkusen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Bayer Leverkusen
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kevin Thomas joins the Bayer Leverkusen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Thomas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Thomas Engel steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Engel 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
- Boardroom Bayer Leverkusen are making the ground bigger
- Squad Afonso Moreira loses a friend at Bayer Leverkusen
- Squad Robert Andrich is training like a man with a point to make