Leverkusen to reunite Bender twins

Watzke added: "We would have liked to see Sven Bender still in our team. On the other hand, he is a player who, like a few others with great achievements, has given a lot of himself to BVB. "These merits naturally require us to listen more closely and respect his personal desire."

Leverkusen begin their domestic season with a trip to Karlsruhe in the DFB-Pokal before opening the Bundesliga campaign away to reigning champions Bayern Munich. Bender's first reunion with Dortmund will come in December when Peter Bosz's side travel to the BayArena. Follow breaking news, entertainment news, politics, sports, comedy,tech, browsing cheat, join this Whatsapp group