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Players who played for both Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen meet in the UEFA Champions League tonight with a place in the competition’s quarter-finals at stake. A 1-1 draw in Germany has left the tie in the balance, ahead of Tuesday’s reunion at the Emirates. Ahead of the encounter, we’ve remembered four players who played for both clubs.
Five who played for both: Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen Bernd Leno Bayer Leverkusen spotted something in Bernd Leno after signing the youngster from Stuttgart’s second side in 2011, with the goalkeeper thrust into the side as a teenager. He became the youngest German goalkeeper to feature in the Champions League and cemented himself as the club’s number one. Leno made 304 appearances for Leverkusen before a £22.
5m move to Arsenal in 2018. After replacing Petr Cech as first-choice goakeeper, he helped the Gunners to the Europa League final during his debut season. Leno was ousted from the side following the signing of Aaron Ramsdale in 2021 and joined Fulham a year later in a cut-price £8m deal.
Granit Xhaka Arsenal signed Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchegladbach for £30m after the midfielder had made his mark on the Bundesliga. The Swiss international’s time in North London was a rollercoaster ride, with high moments punctuated by moments of ill-discipline and a memorable fallout with the club’s fans in 2019, after which he was stripped of the captaincy. Xhaka made almost 300 appearances for Arsenal and twice won the FA Cup, before signing for Leverkusen in 2023.
His two seasons at the BayArena saw Xhaka earn back-to-back inclusions in the Bundesliga Team of the Season, the first for his role in Leverkusen’s first-ever title success. Xhaka was an integral part of the team that won the Bundesliga without losing a game. He returned to the Premier League with Sunderland in 2025.