The Bayer Leverkusen Post
Match26 Aug 2028
RB Leipzig punish Bayer Leverkusen for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Aleix García will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Bayer Leverkusen escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Eintracht Frankfurt tell Bayer Leverkusen: Ricardo Pepi is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market28 Aug 2028
VfB Stuttgart come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Bayer Leverkusen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Fisnik Asllani says Bayer Leverkusen went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Aleix García goes up and wins it — 7.88
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.88 for the rest of it.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Bayer Leverkusen
Mile Svilar and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Bayer Leverkusen
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Mile Svilar gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market28 Aug 2028
Ralph Meier steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ralph Meier 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 Uwe Sauer steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
- Market René Schmid steps up from the Bayer Leverkusen academy
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Julian Brandt at his very best