The Bayer Leverkusen Post
Squad22 Jun 2037
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nelson Weiper
57 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bayer Leverkusen lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad22 Jun 2037
Exequiel Palacios: 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.
Market22 Jun 2037
Bayer Leverkusen turn down Heidenheim for Christian Kofane
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market22 Jun 2037
Artem Stepanov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bayer Leverkusen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Jun 2037
Tempers go at Bayer Leverkusen
Nathan Tella 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.
Squad22 Jun 2037
Marc Bergmann is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
In brief
- Market Nathan Tella told to find a new club
- Market Talks stall between Bayer Leverkusen and Armindo Sieb