Leverkusen updates: Rolfes rules out any January sales amid AFCON departures, Xabi comments on shortages

Bayer 04 Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has, in light of the fact that his squad will lose a projected five actors to the Africa Cup of Nations next month, issued a ban on selling players during the coming January transfer window.  Werkself trainer Xabi Alonso, meanwhile, has commented on the difficult month ahead without Victor Boniface (Nigeria), Nathan Tella (also Nigeria) Odilon Kossounou (Cote d’Ivoire), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso), and Amine Adli (Morocco).