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Leverkusen's club, after a quite successful team last season, when the team secured a place in the next season's UEFA Cup tournament, seems to be seriously determined to achieve even more next season.
We have already announced that the team has signed contracts with the young German talent, former "Nurnberg" striker Stefan Kiessling, "Duisburg" defender Alexander Meyer, and one of the most talented young Swiss footballers, Pirmin Schwegler.
Today, Leverkusen delighted their fans by announcing that they have acquired another player to strengthen the team - the club signed a contract on Wednesday with the striker Sergej Barbarez from Bosnia and Herzegovina's national team.
The 34-year-old striker is expected to replace the long-time team leader and Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, who also announced his departure to London's "Tottenham" on Wednesday. According to reports, Barbarez has signed a two-year contract with "Bayer".
The player's contract with "Hamburger" ended after this season, and the player was willing to stay in the team, but they could not reach an agreement on the terms of a new contract, so Barbarez was forced to leave.
"I admit that I wanted to stay in Hamburg, but we couldn't agree on a new contract, so I was forced to leave, but I hope Leverkusen will welcome me warmly and help me adapt quickly to the new team," Barbarez said.
