Eliesse Ben Seghir

Key strength: Pace and dribbling

Wide creator

In the left wing of Bayer Leverkusen's BayArena, Moroccan prodigy Eliesse Ben Seghir is quietly writing the opening chapter of what promises to be a compelling Bundesliga story. The 21-year-old, plucked from AS Monaco for a €24 million summer investment, finds himself embedded in a Die Werkself side navigating turbulent waters—third in the table, yes, but caught in a maddening cycle of inconsistency that reads DLWWL across their last five outings. For a player now valued at €20 million, the statistical ledger appears stark: three appearances, 270 minutes, zero goals, zero assists. Yet that solitary yellow card tells a different story—one of a wide creator unafraid to impose himself physically against seasoned defenders. Donning the number 17 shirt, Ben Seghir brings explosive pace (66) and elusive dribbling (66) to a Leverkusen attack desperately seeking vertical penetration to complement Xabi Alonso's possession-heavy philosophy. The end product hasn't arrived. Not yet. But between his Monaco pedigree and those tantalizing FIFA-rated attributes—68 shooting suggests clinical potential waiting to emerge—patience feels prudent. In a European qualification chase where margins tighten by the match, this €20m-rated Moroccan wildcard might just be the attacking spark Alonso's system craves.