Leverkusen
14 Feb
Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany on Friday compared his side's current duel with Bayer Leverkusen to the Manchester City-Liverpool
8 Feb
Bayer Leverkusen dropped eight points behind league leaders Bayern Munich with a scoreless draw at Wolfsburg on Saturday. Bayern's 3-0 win over Werder Bremen on Friday, their seventh straight league win, upped the ante on Xabi Alonso's defending champions, who host the leaders next Saturday. Alonso named a weakened starting lineup with Florian Wirtz, Patrik…
2 Feb
Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 3-1 on Sunday to move within six points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, with Victor Boniface scoring a goal just days after his move to Saudi Arabia collapsed. The 24-year-old was stood down from training last week as he explored a transfer to play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi side Al-Nassr.…
30 Jan
Victor Boniface's quest to leave Bayer Leverkusen for Saudi Arabian Professional League club Al Nassr this winter transfer market has fallen through. This is according to football transfer guru Fabrizio Romano who revealed on Wednesday night, that Al Nassr did not give the final approval for the deal to go through, even though talks were…
27 Jan
Saudi Arabian Professional League club, Al Nassr, has officially opened transfer talks with Bayer Leverkusen for Victor Boniface. This was confirmed in a post shared on X by Italian journalist and transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on Monday. "Understand Al Nassr have started official talks for Victor Boniface as new striker!," Romano wrote. "Negotiations are underway…
19 Jan
Bayer Leverkusen attacker Martin Terrier is out for the season with an Achilles tendon rupture, the club said in a statement on Sunday. The defending Bundesliga champions were already without injured forwards Victor Boniface and Amine Adli. Seven minutes in to Saturday's 3-1 home win over Borussia Moenchengladbach, Terrier fell to the turf clutching…
15 Jan
A second-half goal from Alex Grimaldo sent Bayer Leverkusen to a 1-0 home win over Mainz, closing the gap with league leaders Bayern Munich to one point. Borussia Dortmund's struggles in the league continued with a 4-2 loss at Holstein Kiel earlier on Tuesday, raising the heat on under-fire coach Nuri Sahin. In Leverkusen, Xabi…
9 Jan
Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen know they will need to be close to perfect to hunt down leaders Bayern Munich as the Bundesliga returns from a three-week winter break. Four points behind Bayern with 15 of 34 games played, Leverkusen reopen their title campaign at Borussia Dortmund on Friday. Unbeaten league and cup winners last…
9 Dec
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso backed his side to "do great things" before Tuesday's home clash with Inter Milan in the Champions League. After a 4-0 loss in Liverpool, Alonso's German champions have hit form, with five straight wins in all competitions, and sit sixth in the 36-team European table. Reigning Italian champions Inter however…
30 Nov
Patrik Schick scored the winner as Bayer Leverkusen edged Union Berlin 2-1 on Saturday to keep Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich in sight, while RB Leipzig lost heavily again. Leverkusen had flown out of the blocks, taking the lead inside two minutes through Jeremie Frimpong in the capital before Jeong Woo-yeong struck back for the hosts…
22 Nov
Bayer Leverkusen and Nigeria striker Victor Boniface is set to miss "a few games" after returning from international duty with a leg injury, coach Xabi Alonso said Friday. "He's got a small injury in his thigh muscle, it's a shame," Alonso told reporters ahead of Saturday's home clash with Heidenheim. Nigerian media reported Boniface could…
5 Oct
Victor Boniface was the target for Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen in their 2-2 home draw against Holstein Kiel on Saturday. Boniface’s goal took his tally in the German top flight to four in six games and one assist. He has now scored in back-to-back games after netting the only goal in Leverkusen’s 1-0 win against…
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