Aranguiz looking for a return to Internacional

By Siddhant Garg

Reports suggest Aranguiz is looking for a move back to his old club

According to South American journalist João Batista Filho, Charles Aranguiz is looking to move back to Brazil, his ex-employers Internacional Porto Alegre being the suspected destination.

The report suggests that the Chilean, whose contract runs till 2023, had a clause in his Werkself contract that allowed him to be released for free this year. The clause has supposedly expired and Aranguiz has handed a request to the Bayer board to re-enable the said clause.

Should El Principe be granted his wish, Seoane would lose a an important cog in the Leverkusen engine, and it would be interesting to see how the gap is filled. While a new signing is the obvious answer, Argentine midfielder Exequiel Palacios, who most recently has been frustrated with a lack of game time, could step up and consolidate his position in the starting eleven. Palacios himself is a candidate for a move away from the BayArena, but the departure of Aranguiz could convince the former River Plate man to stay.

Charles Aranguiz

Leverkusen want to keep Aranguiz beyond the summerBundesliga Tactics Talk: Round 25Bundesliga Tactics Talk: Round 11Leverkusen’s Baumgartlinger out until 2022, Seoane commits to Robert Andrich startBundesliga 2021/22 Tactical Previews: “The Race for the Champions League”Lukas Hradecky takes over Leverkusen captaincy