Exclusive: Rolfes hopes for CL-Wiederlung with Wirtz
27.08.2025 13:26 | 2: 32m
Bayer Leverkusen managed an XXL break this summer, especially the farewell to Florian Wirtz hurt the club. Nevertheless, Bayer-Boss Simon Rolfes predominates the pride of Wirtz’s development, as he explains exclusively at RTL. He would be happy to see him again in the Champions League.
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In addition to the players who have remained, who have also been part of the success in recent years, we have a very good team that can definitely strive for the goal. We are not like 99 % of all clubs in the world, not at the very, very upper end of the pyramid, so that such situations can also exist. Especially if you were particularly successful. And that’s why I see it in the end as part of a positive development. And we have to have the willingness to build something new again. And I know, Kai Havertz went back then and there was all such a player. We will never have again, the quay and and he was the defining figure of this team we had at the time. And because we are all so proud, continued proud of Kais, on Kais Werdegang. And then in the end came 16-year-old Florian Wirtz, who wrote his story. And. And so it will be again that we have to write new stories. And in the end it is also part of Bayer Vier that we are able to find players who want to develop into top international stars. And then at some point you may be leaving Bayer four, but have been successful with us on the way. And that’s the task again now. And I am sure that we also have one or the other with us who will definitely also make this path in the next few years. Of course, trainers vary and have their own approaches. That’s why it’s always. I don’t like these comparisons what he has, that he has the courage to bring young players. That he also enjoys developing young players and I believe that in the current phase it is also an important component that we build our new stories again, so to speak, and also have the courage to let young, younger players play. And of course, this is an important component, especially in addition to his hard work.
Would you be happy if you play against each other again in the Champions League?
Yes, I would definitely be happy if Florian plays again in the Bayarena. We were already in Liverpool last year. Therefore, here in the BayArena it was not yet a real farewell. And if we play against each other in the Champions League, maybe also Real Madrid, but then rather away. Xabi already had its farewell here. Then I would be very happy.