Cork City teen Cathal Heffernan linked with move to Bundesliga giants

Travelling to the continent will be nothing new to Heffernan, as he trained with Juventus, Roma, Atalanta and AC Milan last year.

Cathal Heffernan during the UEFA U17 Championship qualifiers in Cork last year. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

German giants Bayer Leverkusen are being linked with Cork City teenager Cathal Heffernan.

This follows a social media post by the player’s management team, Sire 7, which showed the defender wearing the German club’s kit with the caption ‘soon’.