Leverkusen Sign Miguel Gutiérrez From Napoli on Five-Year Deal
The move installs an attack-minded left-back as Alejandro Grimaldo’s replacement and gives Napoli an immediate transfer profit to redeploy.
Overview
- The signing was announced Wednesday, August 5, 2026, with Miguel Gutiérrez agreeing a five-year contract that runs to 2031 and will wear the No. 3 shirt for Bayer Leverkusen.
- Leverkusen will pay a reported guaranteed fee of about €26 million with add-ons taking the package to roughly €30 million, a sum that yields a capital gain on Napoli’s purchase last summer.
- The club framed Gutiérrez as a like-for-like, attack-minded replacement for Alejandro Grimaldo after assessing other options such as Facundo Medina before completing the deal.
- Gutiérrez is a Real Madrid academy graduate who spent three seasons at Girona and made 36 appearances for Napoli in 2025–26, where he recorded one goal, one assist and strong chance-creation numbers.
- He has already joined Leverkusen’s pre-season program, a move that strengthens their left side ahead of the new campaign and releases funds at Napoli that can be used to target defensive reinforcements.