Blaswich will replace
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With captain Lukas Hradecky, another great support in recent years is leaving Bayer Leverkusen. At the age of 35, the goalkeeper accepts a new challenge and switches to AS Monaco. The club from Ligue 1 is said to have lured the status as a regular keeper and a higher content. The Werkself previously signed a new number one with Mark Flekken, and RB Leipzig’s Janis Blaswich will soon come as a Hradecky replacement.
Hradecky signed a two -year contract with the Monegassen with an option for another season and costs 3 million euros to which another million of bonuses can be added. A Bundesliga club has never received more money in history for selling a professional for over 35 years.
“Despite his contract, which is still valid for another year, we have given Lukas Hradecky early after very friendly discussions. It was his wish to be able to play again in the Champions League after a great and intensive time at Bayer 04. Lukas has made a lot of friends in our club and was always a part of Bayer 04,” said sports boss Simon, ” Rolfes.
As Monaco, Hradecky attracts with more Bayer Leverkusen content
In Monaco, Hradecky earns more than the German runner -up: up to 3 million euros net per year should be possible, with the Werkelfe there were up to EUR 4 million gross. The 101-fold Finnish national keeper was switched to the Werkself free of charge after three years at Eintracht Frankfurt and proved to be a reliable regular. Hradecky, who won the double with Bayer 2024 under coach Xabi Alonso, was 286 times between the Leverkusen posts, conceded 354 goals and kept 86 times the zero. In the ranking of the players with the most missions for Bayer, Rüdiger Vollborn (487 missions) and Bernd Leno (304) are only two final men in front of him.
He narrowly missed his future coach Adi Hütter in Frankfurt. When Hradecky left the Adler 2018, the Austrian took over the coaching post. Now they work together in Monaco, where many other known faces from the Bundesliga can be found, including the two ex-Schalker Thilo Kehrer and Breel Embolo, former Munich Eric Dier, the former Gladbacher Denis Zakaria and ex-Dortmund Paris Brunner. In Monaco, Hradecky from then on forms a goalkeeper team with Radoslaw Majecki, Philipp Köhn and Yann Lienard.
At Leverkusen, Hradecky is the 13th departure and the fifth of a top performer in recent years. In front of the captain, offensive star Florian Wirtz, Foreign Railway Flash Jeremie Frimpong, midfield director Granit Xhaka and defense boss Jonathan Tah. The income amounts to over 200 million euros.
For Hradecky, “a personal era” ends, he said. “Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the club for which I played most of the professional games, I am very grateful for that. I lost my heart to the club and the fantastic fans in the Bayarena. After the greatest success of my career, I now have the chance to work out the number one status in Monaco and continue to play in the Champions League. to return. “