BVB is also said to have courted him, but Bayer Leverkusen is now reporting completion: The Bundesliga soccer club will be strengthening with the Spaniard Alejandro Grimaldo in the summer.
The 27-year-old left-back is moving from Portuguese top club Benfica Lisbon to the Europa League semi-finalists on a free transfer and will receive a contract until 2027. The Rhinelanders announced this on Monday.
“Alejandro Grimaldo is an agile, very strong full-back, tactically very adept. He is a dangerous goalkeeper and has a lot of experience and class,” said sporting director Simon Rolfes.
Grimaldo, who is about to win the championship with Lisbon, spoke of an “exciting challenge”. It appeals to him “to show my strengths in the Bundesliga”.