Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah to leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires..

2025-04-22 04:22

Bayer Leverkusen's Germany international defender Jonathan Tah announced in an interview with BILD on Monday that he would be leaving the club after his contract expires at the end of the season.

According to the report, Tah had already made it clear to Leverkusen that he refused to renew his contract with the club, and this decision has not changed so far, and has even become more firm.

Tah said: "It is true that the 1-1 draw with St. Pauli on Sunday was one of my last games at Bayer Leverkusen. To be honest, I didn't spend too much time deciding my future."

"I have made it clear to the club that I am in that position. Everything has been communicated publicly. I have made it clear from the beginning that I have no intention of staying at the club, and the club already knows this. I decided not to renew my contract at one point, and I have always insisted on this idea and have not made any changes. I am still determined to do so now."

Over the recent years, Tah has always been one of Bayern Munich's priority transfer targets, but the two sides have never reached any agreement on joining.

Recently, in order to solve the problem of their aging center backs and constant injuries to players, Real Madrid has also been listed as one of Tah's potential new clubs by local Spanish media outlets.

In addition, since he has always been one of the players admired by head coach Hans Dieter Flick, Tah was also claimed as one of Barcelona's potential transfer targets this summer by Barcelona's mouthpiece Diario Sport.

However, all rumours about the player and Premier League giants Manchester United have been refuted as "fake news" by Sky Sports Germany's resident renowned transfer journalist Florian Plettenberg.

About Jonathan Tah

Tah, 29, was born in Hamburg, Germany on February 11, 1996. He is 1.95 meters tall and plays as a center back. He has dual nationality of Germany and Côte d'Ivoire.

Tah played for local non-league clubs in Hamburg when he was a child. In 2009, he joined Hamburg's youth academy and completed his Hamburg first-team debut in a DFB-Pokal match in August 2013.

On the summer transfer window deadline day of the following year, Tah was loaned-out to Fortuna Düsseldorf.

In July 2015, Tah moved to Bayer Leverkusen for €7.5 million.

Since becoming a member of the Die Werkself, Tah has played 398 times for Leverkusen in all competitions so far, scoring 17 goals and providing 13 assists. During which he has won the Bundesliga once, the DFB-Pokal once and the DFL-Super Cup once with the club, and has been selected into the UEFA Europa League's Team of the Season three times.