FC Lorient have completed the signing of Abdoulaye Faye on loan for the 2025/26 season, the Ligue 1 club have declared.Faye, who signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen just last month, is

How did we get here? The main reason is money. Although Leverkusen is a top team in Germany, Sunderland was willing to top Xhaka’s current salary of €8 million ($9.3 million). Sunderland reportedly offered €10 million ($11.6 million) a season.

The Morocco international has emerged as a priority target for the Black Cats following a significant injury to Romaine Mundle and the collapse of a deal for Armand Laurienté earlier this month. Sunderland are understood to be rivaling Wolves for Adli’s signature, with Leverkusen willing to sell for around £23million.

Adli’s possible exit would follow Jonathan Tah’s move to Bayern Munich and Jeremie Frimpong’s switch to Liverpool. With Lukas Hradecky pushing for Monaco and Granit Xhaka eyeing Sunderland, the reshaping at Leverkusen appears total.

Gusttavo netted a fifth 10 minutes after the restart, at which point Ten Hag made another wave of changes. On came Edmond Tapsoba, Alejandro Grimaldo, Patrick Schick, Nathan Tella and Granit Xhaka, and it was only at this point that Leverkusen started to control the game.

Manchester City have sold academy winger Farid Alfa-Ruprecht to Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth up to £5m. The 19-year-old did not make a first team appearance for City but won the PL2 competition last season.

Granit Xhaka, the midfielder deemed too integral to lose by Bayer Leverkusen, is on his way back to English football, only this time, not with Arsenal. Sunderland, the newly promoted Premier League side,

Granit Xhaka is a key figure for Bayer Leverkusen and the Bundesliga side cannot afford to let the Swiss midfielder leave, manager Erik ten Hag said amid reports linking him to a move to Sunderland.

Leverkusen have announced the signing of teenage winger Alfa-Ruprecht from City's Under 21 side. The 19-year-old German youth international has agreed a contract that runs until 30 June 2030. Sporting director Simon Rolfes highlighted Alfa-Ruprecht's "impressive goalscoring rate,