Indeed Leverkusen lost good talents this summer, they lost Frimpong, Tah, Wirtz which will have impact on the team’s performance, their performance might actually drop next season putting the new manager Erik Ten Hag under much pressure to stop this from happening. I think the big question now is will the infamous Erik Ten Hag be able to prevent this from happening?
Leverkusen cashed in a big total of about $157 m (around £116 m) by selling Florian Wirtz to Liverpool. Also Jeremie Frimpong was dropped for roughly $38 m, mounting up to over $195 m. So its really a smart move for a club without billionaire owners and covering the costs of the club.
Flipside Leverkusen have definitely become weaker. Now former Ajax manager ETH is hunting for youth talent like PSV's Malik Tillman, Mark Flekken, and Ibrahim Maza. I'm not expecting any title push from them next season, it is all about stability and development for their future profit. The best I could say, it is not anything collapsing, it is something like rebuilding.