After the preliminary decision in the championship race, the personnel debates in Leverkusen record. Managing Director Fernando Carro presses the pace – and motles over Bayern.
Fernando Carro is slow enough from Bayern Munich. “This is really a show. They tell so much, actually that doesn’t matter,” the managing director of still champions grumbled Bayer Leverkusen.
Carro on the edge of the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid did not want to leave the rather blunt advertising of the great competitor around Bavarian Magic Foot Florian Wirtz. “You didn’t get in touch with us,” said the 60-year-old, so there was no concrete “offer from Bavaria” at all.
Personnel planning take off
Shortly after the Leverkuseners with the draw at FC St. Pauli probably their last minimum chance of the successful title defense in the Bundesliga Pleased, one thing quickly became clear: Bayer is now going into the hot phase away from the square – in verbal doll with the German record champion and in the poker for the most important personal details. In addition to Wirtz, coach Xabi Alonso also includes.
Exceptional players Wirtz would like to last a few more years in Leverkusen; And it also looked good for a long time. At the beginning of the year it was heard that the club and the national player agreed on an extension of the contract that was already running until 2027 – but the last step has still not taken. Which is why the Bavarians are sensitive to their chance and recently often loudly thought about a possible transfer. Not least in the person of honorary president Uli Hoeneß, who also trusts the Munich to manage a transfer fee in the three -digit million range.
Bayer boss Carro is combative: “I expect it to stay,” said the Spaniard. For Carro, who hopes for a “small to medium” change in summer after the expected season without a title and wants to avoid a decay of the success axis, Wirtz is not the only problem child. The unclear future of master coach Alonso will also be troubled by him in the coming days.
Leverkusen wants Planning security
The BASKE is associated with a switch to ex-club Real Madrid. The chance that the coach could resist the temptations from home was “50:50,” said Carro at Sky and warned to hurry. With regard to the planning of the coming season, you will soon have clarity in Leverkusen. “The coaching position is very important for an association. With Xabi Alonso, we are planning the preparation of the next season, the squad and the transfers”: He said: “We will not wait until the end of the season. It cannot be delayed long.”
It is no wonder that the managing director is slowly looking a little unessive. For the Bayer managers, a lot is at stake this summer. The departure of defense chief Jonathan Tah is already fixed – now the top coach and the best offensive player leave the team? Then there is little to say that the Leverkuseners can be a real competitor to FCB in the coming years.
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