Bayer Leverkusen introduced Erik Ten Hag as the new head coach and officially presented on Monday afternoon. It is more than questionable whether the Dutchman can plan with key player Florian Wirtz in the coming season. According to sports manager Simon Rolfes, no decision has yet been made. But a move to England is going on.
Bayer Leverkusen remains in the floating how it continues with Florian Wirtz.
“It is no question that there is a lot of interest,” replied sports manager Simon Rolfes replied on Monday at a press conference that was called for the presentation of the new head coach Erik Ten HAG: “There is also a lot of writing about him. Some things are certainly not true in the past few weeks. That is why we will see that.”
It is still “an open topic at Florian”, according to the ex-professional, which at the same time confirmed the advertising of the English master FC Liverpool: “It is clear that there is a concrete interest from Liverpool FC. But there is no further stand at the moment.”
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The transfer poker around the 22-year-old exceptional cloister had received a new turn again at the end of last week when it was reported that Wirtz canceled FC Bayern. The Munich club President Herbert Hainer revealed that the international tend to switch to Liverpool FC.
Now it is probably a matter of the fact that the two clubs agree on the transfer modalities. A transfer amount of up to 150 million euros was recently reported.
One thing is clear: the new head coach would love to work with the offensive player. “He is a super player,” enthused Erik Ten Hag on Monday as part of his performance at the Bayer Kreuz: “I looked at him with a lot of joy in recent years. I have noticed the development and I am very happy for Bayer that he plays for Bayer.”
When asked whether he could assess whether Wirtz also a Bayer player remains, the 55-year-old added: “You never know that in professional football. You only know that on September 1st.”