Werkself start training camp on Monday
Bayer 04 will be at a training camp at the Hotel Große Ledder in Wermelskirchen from Monday 11 May. The club is following the quarantine guidelines required by the DFL for the resumption of Bundesliga fixtures.
Training staff, the first team squad and management of Bayer 04 will stay at the conference hotel, owned by Bayer Gastronomie GmbH, until Sunday, 17 May and will commute to the training ground at the BayArena for the training sessions behind closed doors. The group will travel to Bremen on Sunday afternoon.
Bayer 04 are away to Werder Bremen at the Wohninvest Weserstadion at the end of matchday 26 on Monday, 18 May at 20.30 CET. That is followed by another away game at Borussia Mönchengladbach (22-24 May). The first home game at the BayArena will be played on 26 or 27 May with VfL Wolfsburg providing the opposition.
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