I left Man United to play first-team football and could win the Double - but I won't get a medal

Bayer Leverkusen saw their dreams of an unbeaten Treble dashed in Dublin on Wednesday, but back in Berlin this weekend they can still end a record-breaking season with more silverware.

The 3-0 defeat to Atalanta in the Europa League final was the first loss Xabi Alonso's side have suffered all season and having won a Bundesliga title without losing a game they can complete a domestic Double by beating second-tier Kaiserslautern in the DFB Pokal final on Saturday night.

Even without the Europa League crown, it remains one of the most remarkable seasons in the history of top-level football in Europe and Leverkusen head into the Champions League next season with Alonso still at the helm. But one player who won't be there to make the step up is Timothy Fosu-Mensah.

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The former Manchester United youngster joined the Bundesliga side in January 2021 for £1.8million but he has made just 30 appearances during an injury-hit spell at the club and is likely to depart when his contract expires this summer. Having sustained cruciate knee ligament injuries during his time at United and Bayer Leverkusen, Fosu-Mensah now needs to start playing regularly again.

He has made the matchday squad nine times this season, seven times in the Bundesliga and twice in the DFB Pokal, but hasn't made it onto the pitch at any point. The last time he made the bench was on February 10 for the decisive 3-0 win against Bayern Munich.

Fosu-Mensah posted a picture to Instagram of Leverkusen lifting the Bundesliga title at the BayArena last weekend with the message "beyond