Borussia Dortmund will sign defender Omer Toprak from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, according to Bild. A €12 million transfer fee has been agreed between the two Bundesliga sides, with the Turkish centre-back set to sign a four-year contract with BVB. The 27-year-old has been with Leverkusen since 2011, when he moved from Freiburg. Toprak is seen as an ideal purchase by Thomas Tuche...Full Story »

Iceland maintained their unbeaten start in World Cup Qualifying Group I with a 2-0 win over Turkey in Reykjavik. Elmar Bjarnason's shot was deflected home by Turkey defender Omer Toprak to give the hosts the lead five minutes before half-time. And less than three minutes later Alfred Finnbogason struck Iceland's second as they maintained the momentum from Thursday night's dramatic 3-2 win over...Full Story »

TARGET: Omer Toprak Arsene Wenger is currently dealing with something of a defensive crisis at the Emirates. Per Mertesacker is expected to be out of action until December while Gabriel could be sidelined for up to eight weeks. And a move for top target Shkodran Mustafi has seemingly stalled, leaving Wenger to look at alternative targets. Simon Kjaer of Fenerbahce was recently revealed to be...Full Story »

Bayer Leverkusen failed to move into the top four of the Bundesliga on Saturday as they needed a late goal from Omer Toprak to claim a 1-1 draw against struggling Hoffenheim, who moved off the bottom of the table with a point. Stefan Kiessling's header was tipped over by Oliver Baumann, at full stretch, in an early sign of what was going to be a busy afternoon for the Hoffenheim custodian. It ...Full Story »

Bayer Leverkusen moved above Borussia Monchengladbach on goal difference and into third place in the Bundesliga thanks to a convincing 4-0 win over Hannover which heaps the pressure on the Lower Saxony club's coach Tayfun Korkut. Omer Toprak gave the hosts the lead and Julian Brandt added a second before the interval. Hannover had no answer to a strong Leverkusen side, who added two more goals...Full Story »

Omer Toprak fired Bayer Leverkusen into the knock-out stage of the Champions League as his second-half goal was enough to claim a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad. Toprak muscled onto a corner four minutes after half-time before blasting in a goal that proved decisive after Shakhtar Donetsk lost 1-0 at Manchester United. That was enough to send Sami Hyypia's side up into second place in Group A and in...Full Story »