Fernando Carro, CEO of Bayer Leverkusen leave There he is this summer, which represents a significant change in attitude.
The interest from outside in Wirtz is nothing new. The productive creator, who has made it a habit to arouse between the lines of the midfield and the defense of the opponents, is openly hunted by Bayern Munich, whose board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge “” no secret of the fact that it must be clearly our goal of signing Wirtz “.
It is also believed that Manchester City identified the 22-year-old as a leading candidate as a replacement for Kevin de Bruyne, while the links to Real Madrid only tightened, as it became increasingly clear that the current Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso would take over the rudder of the Spanish giants.
In April, Carro booted that there was a “very high chance” that Wirtz remained in Leverkusen. In the eyes of the Club Executive, this probability was reduced to only “50-50”.
After Wirtz organized both Leverkusen goals against Borussia Dortmund against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday afternoon, Carro said Dazn That the team’s star player still has to decide “what he wants and when he wants to take the next step”.
Sports director Simon Rolfes added: “He is a Bayer 04 player. We are fighting for him to stay this player next season.” The former player insisted that Leverkusen is “the right place” for Wirtz. “Our goal is to convince him of it.”
Numerous reports in Germany have claimed that Bayern Munich leads the race around Wirtz, with some outlets even pointing out that a deal has already been hit. Alonso questioned these claims and gave City and Madrid hope.
However, Leverkusen fans, who are at Wirtz’s short -lived skills after another season, are not filled with optimism. Carro used exactly the same sentence -“50-50” -to describe Alonso’s chances of leaving Leverkusen at the beginning of this season. The Talisman Manager has confirmed his exit since then and it remains to be seen whether Wirtz will follow him out of the door.