Bayer Leverkusen sign US attacker Malik Tillman
US international Malik Tillman is back in the Bundesliga, the former Bayern Munich youngster turned US international joining Bayer Leverkusen from PSV Eindhoven.
Tillman, whose 33 goal involvements helped PSV win back-to-back Eredivisie titles in 2023/24 and 2024/25, has signed a five-year contract at the BayArena.
The 23-year-old attacker's arrival follows Florian Wirtz's transfer to defending English Premier League champions Liverpool on 20 June.
Tilman said upon joining Leverkusen: "This club has always played great football. In the last four or five years, Leverkusen have grown enormously and become attractive to a lot of players throughout Europe. I want to win something. That was my aim in Glasgow and in Eindhoven and it remains my aim here."
Nuremberg-born Tillman spent eight years at Bayern, playing for the record champions' various youth teams before making his professional debut and scoring his first senior club goal in 2021/22.
Seven first-team appearances for Bayern mushroomed into 43 during a productive loan stint at Scotland's Glasgow Rangers in 2022/23, with the American registering 12 goals and five assists in all competitions.
Tillman was loaned out to PSV the following season, with the move made permanent after he contributed nine goals and 10 assists to PSV's 2023/24 Eredivise triumph. He contributed another 14 goal involvements in the 2024/25 Eredivisie, as well as four in the UEFA Champions League.
A former Germany youth international, Leverkusen's new signing has since won 23 caps for the senior US national team, scoring three goals in six games to help his side reach the final at this summer's Concacaf Gold Cup.
Leverkusen's managing director for sport Simon Rolfes said: "In Malik Tillman we have gained another player who has great ability and is very dangerous in front of goal. He can play in midfield either as a number 10 or as a number 8. Malik is an absolute top signing for us."
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