Erik ten Hag did not come to the table at Bayer Leverkusen, but the club is doing everything possible to give the former Manchester United manager a starting point to build a new big team. Because when you lose Wirtz, Tah, Frimpong and Xhaka, you have drained a third of the first eleven that played Leverkusen to the historic league gold in 2023/24 and second place last season. On Wednesday, two new players are in place to give Ten Hag more strength going into the league opener.
According to the hyperactive transfer journalist Romano, both Loic Badé and Claudio Echeverri are for a medical test on Wednesday before signing and the first session on the training ground.
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Centre-back Badé has previously been linked with several Premier League clubs, now it is Ten Hag who will spy on the French Sevilla centre-back, who made his debut at Les Bleus in August. According to RMC Sport, the Bundesliga club will have to shell out around 30 million euros.
Manchester City player Claudio Echeverri is expected to be on loan, the Argentine 19-year-old was brought in from River Plate with 48 appearances in the senior team. At City, there has been playing time in 3 games, with 1 goal on the energetic, attacking midfielder. Who is already knocking on the door for his debut on the national team of the reigning world champions.
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Two strong signings for Ten Hag, who has gathered a bunch of exciting young players.
