German club undergoes a reconstruction process after the departure of Xabi Alonso and was looking for a right-back to replace Dutchman Jeremie Frimpong, who signed with Liverpool
Spanish right-back Lucas Vázquez is the new reinforcement of Bayer Leverkusen, with a contract until 2027, the German club announced on Tuesday (26). Vázquez, five times champion of, arrives as “free player, as his contract with the Madrid entity expired at the end of last season,” explained the German team in a statement. The 34 -year -old undergoing medical examinations in the Spanish capital and is ready to face Werder Bremen next Saturday (30) for the second round of the German Championship.
“I look forward to continuing my career at Bayer Leverkusen, the club about which I was very told the coach and my Real Madrid companion for many years, Dani Carvajal,” said the player. “With Lucas Vázquez, we hired a player with a lot of experience, who has won everything he could win at Real Madrid in the last ten years,” said Simon Rolfes, Leverkusen’s sports director, who added that the Spanish will be a “pillar” of the team.
The German club, in the process of reconstruction after the departure of Xabi Alonso, was looking for a right-back to replace Dutchman Jeremie Frimpong, who signed with the. In addition to Frimpong, Leverkusen, German champion in 2024, lost other players such as Swiss Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) and Germans Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) and Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich).
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*With information from AFP
Posted by Nicolas Robert
