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Manchester United’s Chicharito in Talks With Bayer Leverkusen | #Sports

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:40:35 +0000

Manchester United striker “Chicharito” is in advanced talks with Bayer Leverkusen. According to Sky Sports, a deal in the region of £9m is currently been discussed by the two clubs but an agreement has yet to be reached. Hernandez spent last season on loan at Real Madrid and scored nine goals in 33 appearances, starting 12 of [...]

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Tottenham Hotspur Sign Korean Forward Son Heung-min from Leverkusen | #Sports

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:34:15 +0000

Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of South Korean forward Son Heung-min on a five-year deal. The 23-year-old has signed for the Lilly Whites from German club Bayer Leverkusen, where he scored 29 goals in 87 appearances. Tottenham have reportedly paid Leverkusen a fee worth £22m but Son’s deal is subject to work permit and [...]

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Stindl Announces Gladbach Move

David Folami — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:08:39 +0000

Hanover captain Lars Stindl announced on Wednesday that he will leave the club in the summer to join Bundesliga rivals Borussia Moenchengladbach. . The 26-year-old’s deal with Hanover was not due to expire until 2016, but a clause in the contract allowed him to move on this year. . “I decided not to renew my [...]

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Schalke’s Faehrmann Back In Training

David Folami — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:47:19 +0000

Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann is back in training and could return between the posts for Saturday’s important Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen. . Faehrmann had his first full training session on Tuesday since partially tearing a cruciate knee ligament two months ago. . No 2 Fabian Giefer is still nursing a groin problem and third-choice [...]

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Atletico Madrid’s Success Gives Simeone ‘Goose Bumps’

David Folami — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:14:33 +0000

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone admitted to having “goose bumps” after his side overturned a first-leg deficit and knocked Bayer Leverkusen out of the Champions League on penalties to claim a berth in the last eight on Tuesday. . Atletico lost 1-0 at Leverkusen in the first leg but a first-half goal from Mario Suarez [...]

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Atletico Madrid Knock Leverkusen Out Of UCL

David Folami — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:09:51 +0000

Atletico Madrid progressed to the Champions League quarterfinals for the second successive season after squeezing past Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 on penalties after the scores were locked at 1-1 on aggregate. . The Spanish champions won 1-0 on the night thanks to Mario Suarez’s deflected first-half strike in 120 minutes short on clear-cut chances. . And [...]

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Atletico Madrid Hopeful Despite Losing In Bayer

David Folami — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:46:43 +0000

Diego Simeone insists his Atletico Madrid can turn things around for their Champions League last 16 return-leg clash in Spain after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen. . The Germans have one foot in the quarterfinals for the first time since reaching the 2002 Champions League final after Hakan Calhanoglu’s superb second-half goal [...]

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Bayer Leverkusen Let Us Off The Hook – Simeone

David Folami — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:46:41 +0000

Bayer Leverkusen let Atletico Madrid off the hook by failing to secure a bigger advantage than their 1-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 match on Wednesday, said the Spanish side’s coach Diego Simeone. . After falling behind to Hakan Calhanoglu’s 57th-minute strike, Atletico then had to play the final [...]

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Calhanoglu Strike Leads Bayer Leverkusen

David Folami — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:29:23 +0000

Bayer Leverkusen stunned last season’s runners-up Atletico Madrid 1-0 in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday courtesy of a fine strike by Hakan Calhanoglu. . The Turkey international scored the 57th-minute winner to set Leverkusen, who are struggling for form in the Bundesliga, on the way to their first ever win [...]

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Roger Schmidt Feeling No Extra Heat

David Folami — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:34:46 +0000

Coach Roger Schmidt brushed off suggestions he was feeling extra heat ahead of out-of-form Bayer Leverkusen’s Champions League round of 16 first leg against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. . The German team have won just one Bundesliga game out of five since the winter break to drop to sixth in the table and defeat against [...]

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We’ll Play Arsenal Our Way – Jardim

David Folami — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:38:42 +0000

Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim has warned Arsenal ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg on Wednesday that the French side with the mean defence will be tough to break down. . “We’ll play it solid and stop Arsenal’s midfield and attackers from finding a way through,” The Portuguese coach promised on the eve [...]

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Atletico Madrid’s Simeone Targets Focused Display

David Folami — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:33:57 +0000

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone says concentration and control will be key for last season’s finalists when they face Bayer Leverkusen away in Wednesday’s Champions League last-16, first leg tie. . Madrid arrive in Germany in a rich-vein of form with ex-Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandzukic having claimed 20 goals in all competitions this season [...]

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Wolfsburg Win, Bayern Blast Eight

David Folami — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:10:36 +0000

Bayern Munich crushed Hamburg SV 8-0 on Saturday while Bas Dost scored four goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to give VfL Wolfsburg a 5-4 victory at Bayer Leverkusen on an unforgettable day in the Bundesliga. . The leaders handed Hamburg the heaviest defeat in their 52-year Bundesliga history to stay eight points clear of second-placed [...]

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Werder Out Of Relegation With Bayer Win

David Folami — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:04:37 +0000

Werder Bremen’s meteoric rise up the Bundesliga table continued as Sunday’s 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen took them up to eighth, four games after languishing in 18th. . Leverkusen, who face last year’s beaten finalists Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, found themselves 2-0 down with half an hour gone as [...]

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