At Bayer Leverkusen, players who returned from the World Cup with extended rest days resumed training on Monday. Yet one player will only participate in limited drills, as the club cannot afford to risk a potential record transfer slipping away due to an injury in these final stages.
« He will be present when the World Cup returnees start training again, » explained Bayer Leverkusen’s sporting director Simon Rolfes regarding Kerim Alajbegovic. The 18-year-old Bosnian’s future with the club, however, now appears increasingly unlikely, as a multi-million-euro transfer sparked by fierce competition is all but confirmed.
