The Emotional Letter of Goodbye to Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen

Florian Wirtz Goodbye to Bayer Leverkusen To start a new phase in his career playing at Liverpool. 22 -Year -old German International was key a year ago Leverkusen He won his first bundesliga and completed it in the German Cup under the coach orders of today’s Real Madrid Xabi Alonso. Now Wirtz, To whom, if all bonuses are fulfilled, the Liverpool It will pay 137.5 million euros (the third most expensive sign in history), say goodbye to Leverkusen.

Simon RolfesGeneral Director of Sports of Bayer Leverkusenshe wants to say goodbye to Wirtz Through a letter full of emotion, a letter, according to the leader, never liked to write, but, on the contrary, he wanted to announce that Wirtz had stayed at the club throughout his career.

Simon Rolfes’ Letter

The farewell letter to wirtz

“Dear Florian:
I do not want to write it down. I want to tell the world that you will stay at Bayer 04 Leverkusen for your rest of your career. But you decided to leave our club and open a new chapter in your life. Of course, I respect it so much. Not only did we lose one of the best players in the world, we lost a special person.

When I meet you, it’s not just your skills standing. No matter what you do with the ball leave me without speaking. What really admires me is your mind. Your will to win. Hungry Mark, regardless of score. That continued impulse to improve, even in the smallest details. And your environment with your parents is always by your side, supporting you and keeping your feet on the ground.

You haven’t lost that hunger. In any case, your thinking is strengthened after your anterior cross ligament lesions. We talked at that difficult moment, and I felt your frustration not having a ball on your feet. But no matter how determined you are even when you are stronger.

That attitude became you leader. Quiet, pure, passionate. The most experienced players admire you. You have been a superstar for a little time, but you stay the same, FLO. As in the decisive match for the title against Werder Bremen. You have to be you to make ‘hat-trick’. Even if the fans are already on the farm, you need to mark it again.

When you tell me you haven’t been marked with a ‘hat-trick’ before, and that’s why you did. It’s as simple as that. And you definitely remember when we were in Marseille and I told you that you could have a shirt number 10. You are so happy and proud, the picture shows us a few minutes and you still have happiness. He said a lot about you.

Thank you, FLO, in your time under the cross (the leverkusen symbol) and the being you. And too many thanks to your family that we are often with. To your parents for always open to all conversations and for being polite and humble. We have known each other a lot, many years, and the trust and the link between us are strong and unusual in the football business. You will remain part of the Bayer Family 04 “.

Simon Rolfes He is the general sports director of Bayer Leverkusen Since 2022, a position he assumes after working on lower teams and then being a club sports director. But, as a player, Rolfes Among Bayer Leverkusen Between 2005 and 2015. Wirtz He was militado on the first Bayarena team between 2020 and 2025.