Not often can you see a completely honest football player, especially when he talks about the eventual transfers. Well, Jonathan Tah is one of the sincere guys. In an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung, the defender frankly revealed his plans, in which – he claims – his current club is not included.”My decision is just as clear as it was before. I will not be extending my contract. I still have a contract until 2025, and until then I will give everything for Leverkusen. I didn’t want to leave Leverkusen because I don’t feel comfortable there. Quite the opposite. The love I feel for this club will never go away,” Tah said.🔴💬 Jonathan #Tah confirms, as always reported, he will not stay in Leverkusen beyond June 2025 ✔️”My decision is just as clear as it was before. I will not extend my contract,” Tah told @SZ.@SkySportDE 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/4wToB5iggo— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) September 6, 2024 But, if he actually felt comfortable at BayArena, why then on Earth did Tah want to leave Bayer? The 28-year-old had a prepared answer – a new challenge. “I’ve been in Leverkusen for nine years, I experienced all the ups and downs here and the highlight was the fantastic last season in which we won almost everything. It couldn’t have been better. And that’s why I thought: If I extend my contract in Leverkusen now, at 28, that means that I will play here until my early to mid-thirties… A football career is short, and that’s why it’s always been my idea to get everything out of it that’s possible, to take all the experience with me. And in the summer I just had the feeling that it was time to look at something new – right after our extremely successful last season,” the centre-back was honest.’The soon-to-be-free’ XIHowever, he pointed out that during all those transfer sagas and rumours football fans enjoy commenting on, players do not feel pleasant. Moreover, they often end up suffering. “At that point the player is out of it and then the clubs have to come to an agreement. And sometimes things get a bit wild, there are rumors, speculation and in the end the player suffers. We players are doing great, don’t get me wrong, but in a situation like that you are dependent as a player and no longer have any control,” concluded Tah.##NAJAVA_MECA_8318793##
