The Bayer Leverkusen Post
Squad9 Dec 2047
Miguel Gouveia keeps Bayer Leverkusen in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match7 Dec 2047
Bayer Leverkusen strike at the death to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach
There were 86 minutes on the clock and Borussia Mönchengladbach had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Bayer Leverkusen did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings9 Dec 2047
A brace, and Youri Vanaken takes the afternoon — 8.22
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Youri Vanaken provided it, and the 8.22 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad9 Dec 2047
Sven Werner gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Sven Werner has just signed for Bayer Leverkusen, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad9 Dec 2047
Cenk Aktorkoglu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cenk Aktorkoglu commits to Bayer Leverkusen for another 4 years.
Match7 Dec 2047
Bayer Leverkusen see off Borussia Mönchengladbach
Three points for Bayer Leverkusen, 3‑2 the final word against Borussia Mönchengladbach in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom9 Dec 2047
Bayer Leverkusen agree a free transfer for Thorgan Lukaku
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market9 Dec 2047
Sven Werner arrives at Bayer Leverkusen as the heir apparent
Every dressing room knows how to read a signing like this one. Sven Werner is not here to sit and wait indefinitely, and the man whose place he has been bought to take knows it better than anyone.
Squad9 Dec 2047
Bayer Leverkusen count the cost of losing Tim Schröder
16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Market The Marc Groß story refuses to die
- Market Alexander Ludwig told to find a new club
- Player ratings Markus Becker runs at them all day