{"id":602371,"date":"2021-09-28T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=602371"},"modified":"2021-09-28T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:01:22","slug":"jonathan-tah-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/28\/jonathan-tah-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Tah Contract Extension at Bayer Leverkusen Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Leverkusen have officially announced a Jonathan Tah contract extension. The new deal ties the German down to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/09\/bundesliga-preview-the-battle-for-european-qualification\/\" target=\"_self\">Bundesliga<\/a> side until the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Jonathan Tah Contract Extension Keeps Him at Bayer Leverkusen Until the Summer of 2025<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonatah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JonaTah<\/a> hat seinen Vertrag bei <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bayer04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bayer04<\/a> vorzeitig um zwei Jahre bis 2025 verl\u00e4ngert&#8230; \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tah2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Tah2025<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Werkself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Werkself<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ph7wILBOY6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ph7wILBOY6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayer04fussball\/status\/1442835530983563272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Leverkusen Favourite<\/h3>\n<p>25-year-old Tah rose through the ranks at Hamburg before spending a year-long loan spell at second-tier side Fortuna Dusseldorf throughout the 2014\/15 campaign, where he impressed. Following that spell, a then-19-year-old Tah secured a switch to Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11891\/9914530\/jonathan-tah-signs-for-bayer-leverkusen-from-hamburg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> \u20ac10 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since, the centre-back has been a firm favourite in the side. The German instantly established himself as a crucial component of the Leverkusen starting line-up and has gone on to feature 223 times for the club since his arrival in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his development with the Bundesliga outfit, the defender\u2019s progression has been widely noted. Combining a brutishly strong 6&#8217;4 frame with surprising pace and composed ball distribution, the 25-year-old\u2019s attributes have been often compared to those of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/26\/liverpool-remain-unbeaten-draw-at-brentford\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> colossus <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/14\/virgil-van-dijks-return-liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Virgil van Dijk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Interest From Elsewhere<\/h3>\n<p>His unconditional place in the Leverkusen side has been down to his reliable and consistent form over the past few seasons. In March 2016, his performances earned him an international call-up with Germany, for whom he has now made 13 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Tah was also named in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/27\/europa-league-group-stage-draw-in-full\/\" target=\"_self\">Europ<\/a>a<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/27\/europa-league-group-stage-draw-in-full\/\" target=\"_self\"> League<\/a> squad of the season for the 2019\/20 campaign and, as a result, has attracted interest from some of Europe\u2019s biggest names.<\/p>\n<p>During the summer, former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/27\/premier-league-overseas-matches\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> champions <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/20\/time-for-brendan-rodgers-to-act-ruthlessly-when-picking-his-best-leicester-city-side\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a> were one club heavily linked as Brendan Rodgers desperately aimed for defensive reinforcements amid an injury crisis. However, the Foxes eventually secured the signature of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/12\/leicester-city-sign-jannik-vestergaard\/\" target=\"_self\">Jannik Vestergaard<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/02\/grading-the-southampton-transfer-window\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a> in mid-August.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it doesn\u2019t look like any suitors will be able to lure Tah away from Bayer Leverkusen without parting with a hefty transfer fee, following the central defender&#8217;s contract renewal which takes him through to the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"xFl5nZgNSZpKWLGQJRiAGQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1334159986\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xFl5nZgNSZpKWLGQJRiAGQ',sig:'iXpA6PzFiVmsxeyrDU_q_hcWR3oiXqg8jcOSc1jFNfw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1334159986',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Tah has officially signed a contract extension with Bayer Leverkusen, tying the defender down to the club until the summer of 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3983,"featured_media":602378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,30],"tags":[361,1852],"class_list":["post-602371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-news","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-jonathan-tah"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}