"Aleksa Damjanovic is one of the most promising forward talents in Europe," said managing director sport Simon Rolfes. "He is very keen to learn and hungry for success. We are delighted to have him here at Bayer 04 from the summer." Director of football Kim Falkenberg sees the 1.98 metre tall left-footer as "an attacker who knows how to use his physicality brilliantly in the penalty area. He also has great finishing and heading ability."
For Damjanovic, who has made 17 appearances so far this season, the move to Bayer 04 is "a fantastic opportunity to develop and improve at a top club like Bayer 04. It's exactly the right situation for me to move abroad in the summer. I'm highly motivated to assert myself here at Leverkusen."
Damjanovic won the Serbian championship with the Red Star U17s in 2023/24 and 2024/25. He scored 39 goals in a total of 47 appearances and was also top scorer in 2025. In the current season, the attacker has played for both Red Star in the top flight and for Grafičar Belgrade in Serbia's second division.
This fan meeting got off to a rather unexpected start. On Sunday afternoon, the Bayer 04 managing directors had just welcomed the fans present at the team hotel for the traditional get-together at the training camp when Fernando Carro’s phone rang. The CEO, glancing towards managing director sport Simon Rolfes with a smile, said: “We’ll just have to answer that quickly.” When asked by the fans what the call was actually about, the pair left it open with a wink. Instead, Carro and Rolfes then spent over an hour happily answering the fans’ many other questions.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have agreed Kerim Alajbegovic’s transfer to Italian record champions Juventus. The club brought the 18-year-old attacking player back to Leverkusen this summer via a buy-back option, following a season at Red Bull Salzburg. Until his move to Austria, the Bosnia international had been playing for Bayer 04’s Under-19s.
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A warm welcome to the Weimarer Land, Bayer 04! The Werkself moved into their accommodation for this year’s training camp on Saturday evening. In Blankenhain, Thuringia, head coach Carles Martínez’s team have a programme of gruelling training sessions – several of which will be open to fans – and team-building activities lined up for the next six days. We’ll be following the Werkself up close and providing you with exclusive insights, quotes, photos and videos from the training camp.
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With 22 days to go until the start of the Bundesliga campaign, the Bayer 04 Women’s team have gained a fresh boost of confidence. In a friendly against Belgian top-flight side KRC Genk on Saturday afternoon, coach Roberto Pätzold’s team secured a 1–0 win. Lobke Loonen (20’) scored the winner for the Black and Reds at the Kurtekotten training centre.
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of the 3-0 victory in the friendly match against Rot-Weiss Essen...
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