Wagener joins Wattenscheid
Midfielder Maximilian Wagener leaves Bayer 04. The 19-year-old signs for Regional League SG Wattenscheid 09.
Wagener joined the Bayer 04 Youth set-up from FC Wülfrath in 2003. He played for through several youth teams, became a Germany U19 international and made his debut in the Champions League for the Werkself in March 2013. In the summer of 2014 he want on a season-long loan to VfL Osnabrück and in 2015 he spent a year playing for the U23 team at FSV Mainz 05. He played 12 division three games in the two years.
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