Farewell after four years
The next top performer leaves Bayer Leverkusen
29.08.2025 – 11:38 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
The “Werkelf” lets another player pull: Piero Hincapié moves to the Premier League – to a title candidate.
Bayer Leverkusen loses the next important player. According to matching media reports, the Rhinelanders have agreed to a transfer from Piero Hincapié with the Arsenal FC Arsenal. The defender himself is also said to have agreed with the club from the Premier League about the contractual terms.
As “The Athletic”, Sky and Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reported on Friday evening, the 23-year-old initially switched to London on a base for one year. Afterwards, a purchase obligation takes over 52 million euros, which, according to Sky, will always take effect. In addition, Bayer secured a ten percent resale.
The finish line is a whole series of losses: Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong had already switched to FC Liverpool, Granit Xhaka moved to Sunderland, Jonathan Tah to FC Bayern and Lukáš Hrádecký to AS Monaco. Success coach Xabi Alonso also competed in Real Madrid in summer.