Overview
- Sporting director Simon Rolfes said the club is fully committed to building the Monheim performance campus and has no alternative site.
- The newly formed Monheim council has moved against the plan, with a November 5 vote scheduled to revoke the planning procedure for the site and a follow-up meeting with the club set for November 12.
- Bayer 04 must relocate because its BayArena training center is slated to be displaced by the Autobahn 1 expansion starting in 2031.
- The proposed campus would serve about 250 athletes, prioritizing youth development, with 12.5 pitches and a multifunctional building for athletics, rehabilitation, medicine, analysis and communications.
- Rolfes warned the club’s training infrastructure lags Bundesliga norms and Champions League demands, risking its ability to contend for the German title within a decade without the project.