Bayer Leverkusen reach agreement with PSV’s Malik Tillman | OneFootball

Bayer Leverkusen’s search for a successor to Florian Wirtz continues. Kicker report that the Bundesliga side have reached an agreement with PSV’s Malik Tillman although there is a debate surrounding the player’s release clause.

The American has a reported €35m exit clause but, according to Voetbal International, this only applied to Bayern Munich, who sold Tillman to PSV last summer for €12m. The 23-year-old, who was born in Germany but holds American citizenship, scored 12 goals and provided two assists as Peter Bosz’ PSV pipped Ajax to the Eredivisie title.

Kicker add that Tillman’s €35m clause also applies to them from a certain date while PSV deny this, claiming that Bayern Munich are the only club that can benefit from the clause. But the Dutch side have been in a similar position before, which, per Kicker, ‘gives reason not to necessarily follow the Eindhoven version.’ In the case of Xavi Simons, in 2023 it emerged that Xavi could return to Paris Saint-Germain in an agreement that was valid for one year, which turned out to be for two seasons. And the €12m fee that PSV had thought was included in the contract, later turned out to be a €6m buy-back clause, €2m of which went to the player.

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