Bayer Leverkusen don bundle new contract for dia two main oga dem for inside club. Fernando Carro and Simon Rolfes go stay for Bayer 04 longer, as di club don extend dia deals before new Bundesliga season start.
Carro, wey be chairman of management board, go continue until June 2029. Rolfes, di sporting director, go remain until June 2031. Carro don dey di position since 2018, while Rolfes enter since 2022.
Werner Wenning, wey dey head di shareholder committee, praise dem: “Fernando Carro and Simon Rolfes don develop Bayer 04 well well. Di biggest sport successes for club history na result of dia work, and di whole club don develop well.”
Carro tok say dem still get hunger for success: “We still want improve continuous for all levels and fight for titles for national and international level.” Rolfes add: “We want make Bayer 04 dey always among best teams for Europe and contest for top honours.”
Leverkusen don taste plenty success recently. For 2024, under coach Xabi Alonso, dem win double — Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal. For 2025 dem finish second, and for 2026 dem take sixth position. Now dem go dey under new Spanish coach Carles Martinez for di coming season.
Both Carro and Rolfes get long history wit di club. Carro, wey be Spanish, join from Bertelsmann after working there for almost 25 years. Rolfes, former captain and national player, start as sporting director in 2018 before become CEO of sport.
