Sepp van den Berg transfer: Brentford complete initial £20m deal to sign Liverpool defender amid Bayer Leverkusen interest | Football News

Brentford have signed defender Sepp van den Berg from Liverpool. The centre-back was signed by the Reds for £4.4m in 2019 from Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle and made four senior appearances for the club. Brentford have agreed to pay £20m up front for the defender – who has signed a five-year deal – as well…

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Sepp van den Berg: Brentford agree deal in principle for Liverpool defender amid Bayer Leverkusen interest | Football News

Brentford have agreed a deal in principle with Liverpool to sign Sepp van den Berg. It is understood the west London club have agreed to pay £25m plus £5m in add-ons for the centre-back. Van den Berg joined Liverpool in a £4.4m move from Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle in 2019, and has made four senior…

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Granit Xhaka starring for Switzerland and Leverkusen: How the former Arsenal midfielder became world class | Football News

The official player of the match against Hungary and Germany, Granit Xhaka was also described as “the best player on the pitch” by Roy Keane in Switzerland’s 2-0 win over Italy in the round of 16. He is having an extraordinary Euro 2024. England await in the last eight and, with concerns over an injury,…

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Dave Chisnall clinches European Darts Open title with victory in Leverkusen | Darts News

Dave Chisnall celebrated his seventh European Tour title with a battling 8-6 victory against Ross Smith in Sunday’s NEO.bet European Darts Open final in Leverkusen. Chisnall claimed a hat-trick of European Tour titles in 2023, and he returned to winning ways on the big stage with a terrific win at the Ostermann-Arena. The 43-year-old was…

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European Open: Raymond van Barneveld shocks Luke Humphries as Gerwyn Price crashes out in Leverkusen | Darts News

Raymond van Barneveld rolled back the years to dump world No 1 Luke Humphries out of the NEO.bet European Open. The 57-year-old Dutchman took advantage of an off night for the reigning world champion and claimed a 6-4 victory in front of a raucous German crowd. Van Barneveld produced five 180s and defied a brace…

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Xabi Alonso’s invincible Bayer Leverkusen are a breath of fresh air for German football, says Jurgen Klinsmann | Football News

Bayer Leverkusen became the first team to go unbeaten through an entire Bundesliga season in winning the competition for the first time in their history and ending Bayern Munich’s 11-year reign as champions of Germany. But the extraordinary season enjoyed by Xabi Alonso’s side is not over yet. They face Atalanta in the Europa League…

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Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen side now three games from an unbeaten treble… will it happen? | Football News

The sight of Bayern Munich lifting the Bundesliga Meisterschale has been very familiar in recent years. Eleven titles in a row, the Bavarians have dominated the German top division for more than a decade. But this year has proven to be very different. Borussia Dortmund, who missed out on toppling them with virtually the last…

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Live Commentary – Leverkusen vs West Ham

FTFull Time AETAfter Extra Time LIVEThis is a live match. ETExtra Time HTHalf Time Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham United. UEFA Europa League Quarter Final. 8:00pm, Thursday 11th April 2024. BayArena.

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'My job is not over here' | Alonso commits future to Bayer Leverkusen

Xabi Alonso ends recent speculation linking him to Liverpool and Bayern Munich by committing his future to Bayer Leverkusen.

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Xabi Alonso: Is it advantage Liverpool over Bayern Munich for Bayer Leverkusen manager? | Football News

If there is a defining characteristic of Xabi Alonso, the metronomic player and now assured manager, it is that he is meticulous. That descriptor was used by his former tactician Jose Mourinho, it is the same framing Granit Xhaka has plumped for, as well as the analysis of Bayer Leverkusen chief executive Fernando Carro. Alonso…

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