The CEO of Bayer Leverkusen, Fernando Carro, said that the star player of his club Florian Wirtz leave As it remains this summer, which represents a considerable change in position.
The outside interest in Wirtz is nothing new. The prolific designer who has become used to punching between the midfielders and defense lines of opponents is openly prosecuted by Bayern Munich, whose member of the board of directors Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has made “no secret that he must be clearly our goal of disconnecting Wirtz”.
Manchester City would also have identified the 22 -year -old as one of the main candidates to replace Kevin de Bruyne, while the links to Real Madrid were only intensifying because he became more and more obvious that the current boss of Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso, would take the lead of the Spanish giants.
Not more recently in April, Carro boasted that there was a “very high chance” from Wirtz to Leverkusen. In the eyes of the club’s executive, this probability was reduced to “50-50”.
After watching Wirtz Tee on the two goals from Leverkusen during a 4-2 defeat against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday afternoon, said Carro Dazn That the star player of the team must always decide “what he wants and when he wants to go to the next stage”.
Sports director Simon Rolfes added: “He is a Bayer 04 player. We are fighting to make sure that this player remains next season.” The former player insisted that Leverkusen is “the right place” for Wirtz. “Our goal is to convince him of that.”
Many reports in Germany have said that Bayern Munich directed the race to sign Wirtz, some points of sale even suggesting that an agreement has already been concluded. Alonso questioned these statements, giving hope to City and Madrid.
However, Leverkusen fans that surround another season of Wirtz’s ephemeral competence will not be filled with optimism. Carro used exactly the same sentence – “50-50” – to describe Alonso’s chances of leaving Leverkusen earlier this season. The talismanic manager has since confirmed his release and he remains to be seen if Wirtz will follow him off the door.
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