
The Bayer 04 online store will therefore be unavailable from Monday morning (8 June) to Tuesday morning (9 June). The City and Bergisch Gladbach fan shops will be open as normal on Monday.
The online store will reopen on Tuesday just in time for the DFB Cup semi-final against FC Saarbrücken. But with one restriction: Orders will not be taken and dispatched as quickly as normal but instead processed from Monday 15 June.
From Tuesday, 9 June, the Bayer 04 City and Bergisch Gladbach shops will be closed to allow the improvement of in-house systems. They will reopen on Monday, 15 June at 10.00 CET.
The service centre is available as usual during this period by phone on 0049 (0)214 5000 1904 and via e-mail at info@bayer04.de.


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