Flekken, who has signed a three-year cope with Leverkusen, had been at Brentford since becoming a member of from Freiburg in Could 2023.
The 31-year-old made 77 appearances for the west London membership and helped them end tenth within the Premier League final season.
“Mark has confirmed to be a seamless substitute for David Raya, who set a particularly excessive commonplace throughout his years with us,” added Giles.
“We had been anticipating Mark to be our goalkeeper for a lot of extra years, nonetheless when Bayer Leverkusen made it recognized that they needed to do that switch, and Mark made it clear that he was serious about transferring nearer to dwelling and with a risk of Champions League soccer, we turned our consideration in direction of how all events might make this occur.
“Mark has performed an important job for us and leaves with our thanks and assist.”
Leverkusen not too long ago appointed former Ajax and Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag as their new supervisor following the departure of Xabi Alonso to Actual Madrid.
“Mark Flekken possesses a variety of abilities {that a} goalkeeper in trendy top-flight soccer should possess,” stated Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes.
“Mark exudes a formidable bodily presence; from a footballing perspective, he has definitely been top-of-the-line goalkeepers within the Premier League over the previous two years.”
