"Axel Tape is a versatile defensive player, a good footballer with pace, athleticism and a sharp reading of the game," said Bayer 04 managing director sport Simon Rolfes, describing the 1.80-metre-tall talent from the Champions League winners. "We see great potential in Axel. From a long-term perspective, his free transfer is an important component of our future-oriented squad planning."
Tape views his move to Bayer 04 as a "fantastic opportunity to progress my development early on", adding: "The decision to move abroad already is very easy when you have one of the best clubs in Germany interested in you. The club have fascinated me in the last few years with their football. I'm excited and motivated to establish myself in Leverkusen."
The date for the Bayer 04 Women's DFB Pokal Round of 16 tie has been set. As announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on Wednesday, the Leverkusen Women will play league rivals Hamburger SV on Sunday, 16 November at 15:00 CET.
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A great honour for Eliesse Ben Seghir: The Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport has published the final shortlist of 25 nominees for this year's Golden Boy award - including Werkself player Eliesse Ben Seghir. The award will be presented in November.
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They narrowly missed out on the title in the spring of this year as they enjoyed their most successful season to date under the Bayer Cross. Now they want to build on that success. In an interview ahead of today's start of the new season in the VBL Club Championship by WOW (live on the Bayer 04 app from 18:00 CEST), the two Bayer 04 eSports players and cousins Marc and Sean Landwehr talk about the organisational changes to the VBL CC and their everyday lives as professional gamers and they also give pro tips for the new EA FC 26.
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A Black and Red player in the U20 World Cup final in Chile. Alejo Sarco and Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 in the semi-final on Wednesday night. Morocco, who knocked out France, now await in the final on Sunday night.
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