Bayer Leverkusen have sacked supervisor Erik ten Hag after two league games in charge, the Bundesliga membership stated on Monday, with the weekend draw at Werder Bremen not sufficient to avoid wasting the Dutchman’s job.
Leverkusen misplaced their opening league recreation 2-1 at dwelling to Hoffenheim to place Ten Hag instantly beneath strain, and Saturday’s 3-3 draw towards 10-man Bremen brings an finish to his quick reign on the membership.
“This decision was not an easy one for us. Nobody wanted to take this step,” Leverkusen Sporting Director Simon Rolfes stated in a press release.
“However, the past few weeks have shown that building a new and successful team with this set-up is not feasible.”
Ten Hag, who had been out of administration since his sacking by Manchester United in October, changed Xabi Alonso in May, after the Spaniard left to take over at Real Madrid.
Leverkusen completed second in the league final season, after Alonso had led them to the double in the 2023-24 marketing campaign the place they lifted their first Bundesliga title with out shedding a recreation.
Ten Hag’s process of emulating Alonso’s profitable spell on the membership was made all of the tougher by the close-season departures of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Amine Adli, Jonathan Tah and Granit Xhaka, amongst others.
His Leverkusen profession started with a 4-0 win over fourth-tier facet Sonnenhof Grossaspach in the German Cup first spherical however, with the membership already 5 factors off leaders Bayern Munich, and a Champions League marketing campaign on the horizon, Ten Hag has already run out of time.
Before Saturday’s recreation, Ten Hag had stated that he was no Harry Potter, and likewise spoke of the ultimate days of the switch window, however that may not concern the Dutchman.
“One or two things could still happen on the weekend for us and for the whole transfer market,” Ten Hag informed reporters.
“On Tuesday we will know what it (the squad) will look like.”
