April 15, 2024 | Football News
Bundesliga: Wirtz, Xhaka To Stay At Leverkusen Next Year - Rolfes
New Bundesliga champions, Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes said Florian Wirtz and Granit Xhaka will both stay with freshly-minted beyond the summer.
Leverkusen clinched the first league title in their 120-year history with a 5-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen on Sunday, with Wirtz scoring a hat-trick and Xhaka also getting a goal.
The surprise title victory, which broke Bayern Munich's 11-year stranglehold on the German league, led to speculation that several players could leave, including 20-year-old Wirtz.
In an interview, the day after Leverkusen's title triumph, Rolfes said "Granit is staying, Florian too".