Bayer Leverkusen have suffered a major blow to their hopes of winning silverware this season with the news star winger Florian Wirtz has been ruled out for “several weeks”.
The Germany international was rested for Saturday’s home game with Werder Bremen, with tomorrow night’s Champions League round-of-16 clash with Bayern Munich in mind.
But he was brought on at half-time with Xabi Alonso’s side trailing 1-0.
🤕 Florian Wirtz will face a spell on the sidelines. Keep your head up and come back stronger, Flo! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/jcWSSQLV4d
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) March 10, 2025
He lasted just 14 minutes before having to go off after being on the end of a heavy challenge from Mitchell Weiser as Leverkusen ended up losing 2-0.
An update from the Bundesliga champions this morning confirmed the bad news.
MRI reveals bad news for Wirtz
The statement read: “Bayer 04 will have to manage without Florian Wirtz. The Germany international suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle in the home game against Werder Bremen [0-2] on Saturday. That was the diagnosis from an MRI scan following the game.
“The 21-year-old midfielder will be out of action for several weeks.”
Bayer sporting director Simon Rolfes added: “The loss of Florian obviously hits us hard in this phase of the season but we will compensate for him with a strong squad.
“We know Florian and also know he will come back as soon as possible. Everybody will support him in that. We are assuming he will be fully fit again for the end of the season run-in.”
Bayern set to win back Bundesliga title
Leverkusen are already facing the prospect of losing out to Bayern on two fronts this season.
Vincent Kompany’s men lead 3-0 in the Champions League after a one-sided first-leg in Bavaria last week while they hold an eight-point lead over Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga.
They did, however, miss the chance to pull 11 points clear after losing 3-2 at home to Bochum at the weekend.
