Leverkusen to establish a new winning team, Rolfes says

Bayer Leverkusen still see themselves as a top-four contender in Germany but need some rebuilding after the departure of Florian Wirtz, Jonnathan Tah and coach Xabi Alono, managing director for sport Simon Rolfes has said.Rolfes told Tuesday’s Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger paper it was impossible to just buy the exact same quality once again because it would need three times their budget.Advertisement Rolfes mentioned a shift period

after Leverkusen had actually notoriously won the Bundesliga unbeaten in 2024 and the German Cup the exact same year under Alonso, and came 2nd in the league last term.”The (brand-new )coach (Erik ten Hag )will have a high level team

however we are likewise buiding a squad that has space for enhancement. It is a departure towards something brand-new,”Rolfes said.He still called top-four status their ambition since” you are able to win

titles if you are a top-four team. The German Cup is part of that.” “We should establish a winning group, “he stated, referring to the increase of Wirtz after the sale of Kai Havertz to Chelsea in 2020. Ad” We didn’t replace Kai Havertz with a complete player. We might replace Kai with

the young Wirtz

, the 16-year-old Florian via a years-long development,”he said.Wirtz and full back Jeremie Frimpong have actually now left for Liverpool, Tah is at Bayern Munich, and Alonso brand-new Real Madrid helmsman.Leverkusen are stated to get around EUR140 million ($164 million) for Wirtz, and Rolfes said:” In the end we are all pleased with the transfer.

Florian with his decision, we with the entire package.”It is absolutely a very, very good action for Florian. It is the right thing to go abroad,” he said.