Lukas Hradecky was among the first small group through the door on Sunday morning, returning after his well-deserved downtime. Maza has already trained with some of his new teammates in recent days.
The players completed orthopaedic examinations, a jump analysis, spiroergometry on the treadmill and other tests in small groups throughout the day at the Werkstatt.
Robert Andrich said after his turn: “We've recovered well in the last few weeks, and today it was pretty good again, but that's how it should be. Now it's time to get down to work. We're really looking forward to the season.”
The Werkself will have more tests and examinations throughout Monday before heading to the airport in the evening as they depart on their 10-day training camp in Rio de Janeiro, which includes a friendly against Flamengo’s U20s and many more activities in Brazil.
The Bayer 04 players were put through their paces at the Werkstatt – the club’s rehabilitation and training centre – on Sunday as they completed the first and main part of this year’s performance diagnostics. New signings Mark Flekken, Ibrahim Maza and Axel Tape, as well as players returning from their holidays, all did the customary medical and athletic tests.
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The team departs for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday for the Bayer 04 Brazil Tour 2025 from July 14-24. The preseason journey marks a change from recent training camps in the Austrian Alps and Black Forest and we caught up with CEO Fernando Carro to ask him about this summer's visit to Brazil.
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Malik Tillman and the USA could not quite achieve the hoped-for big win in their own country. Last Monday’s final in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Houston ended up in a 2-1 defeat for the hosts against Mexico. But the Bayer 04 new signing can be very happy with the course of the tournament and his own performances. Tillman was in the starting line-up for all six games. That concluded an impressive season for him after winning the Eredivisie title in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven. Bayer04.de profiles the 23-year-old new signing.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed the USA international Malik Tillman. The 23-year-old attacking midfielder joins the Werkself from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven. Tillman, with German roots and born in Nuremberg, has a contract at Leverkusen to 30 June 2030. He scored 16 goals and provided five assists in 34 games for PSV last season. Three of those goals and two assists were in six matches in the UEFA Champions League.
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