{"id":913146,"date":"2026-06-16T13:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/leverkusen-boss-martinez-unfazed-by-grimaldo-transfer-rumours\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:13:35","slug":"leverkusen-boss-martinez-unfazed-by-grimaldo-transfer-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/leverkusen-boss-martinez-unfazed-by-grimaldo-transfer-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverkusen boss Martinez unfazed by Grimaldo transfer rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.performgroup.com\/di\/library\/omnisport\/1b\/e4\/alejandro-grimaldo_14g47h6isifl1pcjdooj6g3r9.jpg?t=-788099938\" alt=\"Soccer Leverkusen boss Martinez unfazed by Grimaldo transfer rumours\">\n                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/bundesliga\/\"><br \/>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/soccer-news\/img\/tn-icon.svg\" alt=\"Soccer competition icon\"><br \/>\n                                    Bundesliga News                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bayer Leverkusen head coach Carles Martinez believes transfer rumours are normal for a player like Alejandro Grimaldo, who has been linked with a move away from the club.<\/p>\n<p>Grimaldo&#8217;s current deal with Leverkusen expires next summer, but the 30-year-old has been linked with a move to Atletico Madrid ahead of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>The left-back played a crucial role in the Werkself&#8217;s Bundesliga-winning campaign in 2023-24, scoring 10 goals and providing 13 assists in 33 games.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Leverkusen in 2023, Grimaldo has scored the most goals among defenders in Europe&#8217;s top five leagues (30), provided the most (41) and created the most chances (326).<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was appointed head coach, taking over the role from Kasper Hjulmand, who was in charge for just one season.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Work in progress \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BeQ2t82kKX\">pic.twitter.com\/BeQ2t82kKX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bayer04_en\/status\/2066518071859458547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Spanish coach insisted he is unfazed by rumours suggesting Grimaldo could leave Leverkusen this summer, with the defender currently at the World Cup with Spain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Grima is a top player, and not just now or since last year, but for many years already,&#8221; Martinez told BILD.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s at the World Cup right now, and transfer rumours around a player like that are normal. You have to know that things can change quickly on the market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Grima is a great guy and a leader. He helps Bayer 04 both as a player and as a personality. I asked him if everything was going well with the national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And of course, I told Grima that I\u2019m really looking forward to working with him here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/leverkusen-boss-martinez-unfazed-by-grimaldo-transfer-rumours\/400629\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Bundesliga News Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team. Bayer Leverkusen head coach Carles Martinez believes transfer rumours are normal for a player like Alejandro Grimaldo, who has been linked with a move away from the club. Grimaldo&#8217;s current deal with Leverkusen expires next summer, but the 30-year-old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":913147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127683,37247,2005],"tags":[127682,48339],"class_list":["post-913146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leverkusen","category-martinez","category-soccer","tag-leverkusen","tag-martinez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}