Bayer Leverkusen plays a strong season – and in the table after panting FC Bayern. Does the club now move all the stops on the transfer market?
The 2-2 in Leipzig last weekend was bitter for Bayer Leverkusen. First of all, it missed the “Werkelf” to reciprocate for the 2: 3 defeat in the first leg. The Saxons had added the first bankruptcy in the Bundesliga after 35 games.
However, the draw on Saturday was annoying because FC Bayern was rushed to six points in the table due to its 2-1 win in Freiburg. The title defense for Leverkusen, at least for the time being, is at least for the time being.
In order to be able to become dangerous again to Bavaria, the club of DFB star Florian Wirtz seems to turn some set screws in his own squad. A transfer quake is emerging in Leverkusen a few days before the end of the winter change period.
Terrier replacement: Leverkusen will find what you are looking for in England
Several players could join the Xabi Alonso team by February 3. Then the transfer window closes, which will only open again after the end of the season. But Leverkusen seems to make you serious beforehand.
As the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano and the Pay TV broadcaster Sky report, Bayer has a top-class carpenter for the offensive-and will soon know in his ranks.
Emiliano Buendía probably draws from Premier League club Aston Villa. The 28-year-old Argentinier initially loaned Bayer. The second in the table of the Bundesliga is said to have a purchase option for the winger. The mandatory medical check will probably take place promptly.
With Buendía, Leverkusen closes the gap that Martin Terrier left. The Frenchman had only joined the club in the summer, but in the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach at the beginning of the year, a crack of the right Achilles tendon-the seasonal off to the 27-year-old offensive man.
The Bayer-04 managing director Sport emphasized after the bad news: “This is a hard blow for Martin and also for us as a club.” Now he has obviously found a replacement for Terrier with Buendía.
The upcoming commitment of the unique Argentine international is probably synonymous with a burst transfer from a Bayer perspective. Because, according to Sky, James Mcateee will not open in Leverkusen due to the Buendía deal.
At the top talent of England’s serial champion Manchester City there was also a loan with a purchase option. Bayer, according to Fabrizio Romano on Monday morning, had a move at the club of starting coach Pep Guardiola to sign the 22-year-old.
Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso was a big fan of the 22-year-old, the Italian also claimed. McATEE, which has also been courted by Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05 in the meantime, should even be the first choice to compensate for Terrier’s failure in Leverkusen, according to the transfer expert. In the end, however, everything is very different.
Another change, already discussed by Romano, is much more likely. Because Leverkusen apparently also wants to intensify on the defensive. The club found what they were looking for in Italy, more precisely at AS Rome. Mario Hermoso is under contract there.
The Spaniard had only moved to the “eternal city” in summer. Now it could go to North Rhine-Westphalia. Both clubs would approach an agreement, writes Romano. The player had already given Leverkusen.