Manchester City prospect set for immediate loan after joining Bayer Leverkusen | OneFootball

Sport Bild reports that Manchester City prospect Farid Alfa-Ruprecht is set for an immediate loan out after joining Bayer Leverkusen. The Hamburg-native is still set to join the Bundesliga outfit on a permanent basis. The German tabloid does not specify where the 19-year-old might be headed.

Alfa-Ruprecht is one among many developmental prospects Leverkusen have acquired this summer. Defenders Axel Tape (17) Abdoulaye Faye (20) also joined Germany’s red company team. The purchase of Cameroonian striker Christian Kofane was sealed earlier today.

Leverkusen have also immediately loaned out defender Tim Oermann (Strum Graz) while organizing loan outs for previously acquired prospects Francis Onyeka (Bochum) and Artem Stepanov (Nürnberg).

Alfa-Ruprecht – like Kofane – nevertheless constitutes a serious investment. Like Kofane, the teenage talent will cost die Werkself  a fee in the neighborhood of €5m.

In Kofane’s case, however, Leverkusen appear to feel comfortable keeping the rapid riser on the first team squad.

GGFN | Peter Weis