Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes: “Arsenal would be nice. I said the same thing when we could’ve faced Dortmund in the previous round. Especially that we would be able to meet two of our former players in Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapié. Nobody wants these ties between teams from the same country”
Robert Andrich: “We knew from the start that we would face a top club anyway. I stand by my opinion: I would prefer not to face a German team, so that perhaps enough German teams can still stay in the competition.”
Jonas Hofmann: “I think it’s a bit too early for a German-German tie. It doesn’t have this Champions League character somehow. So if I could have my wish, then Arsenal. It would be a bit cooler to travel to London and for them to come here”