Julian Brandt, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Dragovic, Isaac Kiese Thelin, Sam Schreck and Jakub Bednarczyk followed up their latest international appearances by donning their red training bibs on Thursday. Leon Bailey also rejoined the squad along with Lukas Hradecky and Tin Jedvaj who returned the day before.
The international player missing the penultimate training session ahead of Saturday's home game was Paulinho. The 18-year-old Brazilian, who completed an individual session in the gym at the BayArena on Wednesday following the rigours of his journey from South America, trained indoors again to avoid overexertion.
After Jens Nowotny was officially named a Bayer 04 honorary captain last weekend, the long-standing Werkself player is part of the Leverkusen delegation on the trophy tour to New York City next week from 11 to 14 September. In an interview with bayer04.de, the 50-year-old talked about his expectations ahead of the trip to the metropolis on the East Coast of the USA.
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The German Football League (DFL) has confirmed the dates and kick-off times for matchdays 6 to 12 of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season. Full details of the Bayer 04 fixtures.
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Markus Rehm, a long jumper at TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, won the gold medal for the fourth time in succession at the Paralympics on Wednesday.
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The fixture details for the second round of the DFB Pokal 2024/25 have been confirmed. The home tie for Bayer 04 against second division SV 07 Elversberg is on Tuesday, 29 October with the kick off at 18.00 CET (live on Sky). That was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on Thursday.
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