Erik ten Hag is back and in what way to announce his return, Bayer Leverkusen has appointed the replacement of Xabi Alonso. The 55-year-old Dutchman has signed a contract running through to June 2027 with the German club.
Erik Ten Hag has signed a contract running through to June 2027
Xabi Alonso has been magical for Leverkusen as he led them to the 2023-24 almost unbeaten season which saw them win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal Cup. The Domestic double could have become an invincible treble if they had won the Europa League final against Atalanta. But failed to win the last match of the season as they had almost completed an unbeaten season.
He took Bayer Leverkusen to great heights and is now headed to Real Madrid for the head coach job. As a result, Erik Ten Hag has been appointed as the new Bayer Leverkusen head coach.
ETH was last at Manchester United when he was sacked last October.
Ten Hag, 55, spent just over two seasons at Old Trafford before being dismissed amid a poor run of results just five months after winning the FA Cup. However, Man United have continued to struggle since the Dutch coach’s departure.
His replacement Ruben Amorim has managed just seven Premier League wins on the way to a 15th-placed finish, while the club also lost the Europa League final to Tottenham Hotspur.
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“With Erik ten Hag we have brought in an experienced coach with impressive success on the pitch. His six title wins at Ajax were exceptional,” Leverkusen’s sporting managing director Simon Rolfes said in a statement.
“With three league titles and two domestic cup wins he and Ajax dominated Dutch football from 2018 to 2022. And Erik demonstrated his quality as a coach with the ensuing success at Manchester United under difficult circumstances at times.”
Ten Hag said: “Bayer is one of the best clubs in Germany and also belongs to the expanded European elite.”
Speaking in his first press conference after the appointment was announced, Ten Hag said: “Bayer is one of the best clubs in Germany and also belongs to the expanded European elite.
“The club offers excellent conditions, and the discussions with the officials have impressed me greatly.
“I have come to Leverkusen to confirm the ambitions that have grown over the past few years. It is an appealing task to build something together in this phase of change and to develop an ambitious team.”
