Bundesliga ended, last season champion Leverkusen faced the dilemma of being "detached"

[Global Times Special Correspondent Zhang Weike] The 2024-2025 Bundesliga ended on the 17th. While Bayern Munich won the championship again, Leverkusen, who broke the team's record in 120 years of championship last season, ranked second and faced the dilemma of being "lost". The "pharmaceutical factory" that once shocked the European football world with the "unbeaten three-champion champion" is being divided up by major leagues.

Last season, Leverkusen, coached by Xavi Alonso, shocked European football with his three-time champions in the Bundesliga, German Cup and Europa League, and even set the record for the five major leagues with unbeaten 42 games. However, with the end of the season, coach Alonso was the first to announce his resignation, switch to La Liga, and began to take charge of Real Madrid's coach Seal. Flynn Poon was forcibly poached by Liverpool with the termination fee. The defensive core Jonathan Ta became the target of Barcelona and Bayern, and Wiltz and Grimaldo also entered the list of signings for Manchester City and Real Madrid.

Foreign media commented that there were signs of Leverkusen's "disintegration". The Bundesliga has always been a "blood transfusion bank" for giants, but it is still rare to leave the team at such a scale. Transfer experts such as Romano believe that Alonso successfully convinced the players to stay in the team to compete for the Champions League last season, but after missing the quarterfinals this season, the team can no longer stop the giants from "harvest". The "liquid offensive" system created by Alonso for Leverkusen was once known for its flexible running, number suppression and offensive and defensive balance, and the departure of a number of key players directly shakes the foundation of the system.

"Will the pharmaceutical factory return to ordinary?" "Kicker" analyzed that even if the list of new coach candidates includes celebrities such as Fabregas and Tenhach, losing Alonso's tactical creativity and tacit understanding of players, the team may find it difficult to continue its glory. In addition, the management also needs to deal with the problem of a sharp drop in lineup depth - the "golden generation" created by signing 80 million euros last season, and now only some veterans and youth training players are left to support it.

Leverkusen's experience also reflects the long-term dilemma of the Bundesliga: even if small and medium-sized teams rise in the short term, they will not escape the fate of being dismembered by the giants. However, some voices believe that the success of the pharmaceutical factory last season has injected fresh vitality into the Bundesliga, and its youth training system and tactical innovations are still worth looking forward to. Leverkusen will face the test of reconstruction next season, and the competitive landscape of the Bundesliga may cause another wave due to Bayern's recovery and the rise of new forces.