5-way Champions League winner with Real Madrid is reportedly set to become a member of Erik ten Hag at Bayer Leverkusen

Erik Ten Hag has been appointed to succeed Xabi Alonso Bayer Leverkusen Prior to the 2025-26 season. In a daring step to strengthen the team, the Dutch coach reportedly insisted on the signing of a five-time UEFA Champions League winner with Real Madridwho now comes close to the club.

The Bundesliga season is already underway, but Liverkusen Have trouble replicating the success of last year. After a preseason with a shocking 5-1 defeat against Flamengo’s U-20S and a 2-0 loss for Chelsea, Ten Hag’s side stumbled again in a 2-1 home defeat against Hoffenheim. With the team still incomplete, the focus quickly focused in a proven veteran of Real Madrid.

According to Fabrizio Romano, Bayer Leverkusen has reached an agreement to sign Lucas Vazquez. The Spanish rear right became a free agent after his Real Madrid contract had expired this summer, and the German side took the opportunity to bring him in.

Vazquez spent a decade in the Santiago Bernabeu and played a crucial role in one of the most successful eras in the history of the club. He collected 23 trophies with Los Blancos, Including five Champions League titlesand made 402 performances—26th of all time in the history of the club.

The 34-year-old was associated with various clubs, including a possible reunion with Sergio Ramos in Monterrey, but Leverkusen finally showed the strongest interest. With reportedly completed medical remedies, Vazquez is expected to sign his contract on Tuesday and his first experience outside of Spain starts.

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Ten HAG is confronted with the task to rebuild Leverkusen

Under Alonso Leverkusen enjoyed the biggest period in club history, won the Bundesliga unbeaten in 2023-24, lifted the DFB Pokal and added the German Super Cup the following season. However, Important stars such as Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Granit Xhaka and Jonathan Tah have all leftLeaving ten HAG with a large reconstruction.

So far, Leverkusen have added Usmnt -star Malik Tillman from PSV, Jarell Quansah from Liverpool for € 35 million, Loic Bade From Seville for € 25 million and Argentinian Wonderkid Claudio Echeverri In loan from Manchester City. Now, with the arrival of Lucas Vazquez, Ten Hag adds both experience and an experienced replacement in the right -wing role that Frimpong has left.