Jonathan Tah: I want to go to Bayern in the summer to explore career possibilities; I will not renew my contract with Bayer Leverkusen

Recently, Jonathan Ta talked about why he wanted to leave Leverkusen this summer in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He said that he wanted to explore the possibilities of his career.

"I have been in Leverkusen for nine years. I have experienced ups and downs here. The most exciting thing was our wonderful performance last season. We almost won everything. There is nothing better than this, so I thought: I am 28 years old now. If I renew my contract with Leverkusen, it means that I will play here until I am in my early thirties..."

"Football career is short, that's why I always want to get everything possible from it. I want to tap the potential in my career. In the summer, I felt that it was time to look at new things, after that extremely successful season."

"I did what a player can do: express my wishes clearly and publicly, but after that the player has no decision-making power-the club must reach an agreement between them, and sometimes things will It gets a bit crazy, there are rumours, speculation - and in the end it's the players who suffer. We players are doing well, don't get me wrong, but in that situation as a player you are dependent on others and no longer have any control. ”

"There have been offers from other teams, not just Bayern, and I would love to play at Leverkusen, but I want everything to be as rational as possible and not too emotional."

"My decision is as clear as before, I will not renew my contract for the professional reasons I mentioned before, I have a contract until 2025 and until then I will give everything for Leverkusen."

"Good question (laughs), we'll see, I haven't thought about it yet, I still have one more season to play for Leverkusen."