Leverkusen’s Jarell Quansah keeps calm and carries on in his steady rise to stardom

<p>Defender is thriving after swapping bit-part role at Liverpool to become a key player for the Bundesliga side</p><p>“From the outside, it seems crazy,” Jarell Quansah says, as he reflects on his summer just gone, when dizzying change felt like a constant. “But it is one of them … football <em>is</em> a crazy game.”</p><p>A quick recap. Days after winning the European Under-21 Championship with England at the end of June, Quansah decided to leave Liverpool, his boyhood club, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/02/jarell-quansah-completes-30m-move-from-liverpool-to-bayer-leverkusen-transfer-window">to go to Bayer Leverkusen</a> in a £30m deal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/jarrell-quansah-liverpool-england-bayer-leverkusen-world-cup-2026-qualifiers">Continue reading...</a>