Lerkarnars after allons get a new head coach
The football world today welcomed the news that it will Erik Ten Hag The new head coach of the German first -team Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The 55-year-old Dutchman signed a contract with the club until 30 June 2027. Ten Hag, who is Finally acted as Manchester United coach In the English First League, he will officially start his work with Bayer on July 1, when preparations for the 2025/26 season will begin.
His arrival follows the departure of an extremely successful Xbia Alonswho led Bayer to the historic double crown in the 2023/24 season – the title of champion in the German Championships and the German Cup – before announcing his transfer to Madrid Real just before the end of the just finished 2024/25 season.
Experience and vision for the future
Bayer Sports Director Simon Rolfes He emphasized Ten Hag’s extensive experience and impressive sporting achievements at the appointment. “We bet with Erik Ten Hago on an experienced coach with exceptional sports success. His six laurels with Ajax from Amsterdam was something special, « Rolfes said. “With three national championship titles and two cup wins, Ajax and Ajax were irrefutably ruled by Dutch football between 2018 and 2022. Even with the successes of Manchester United, achieved in sometimes difficult circumstances, Erik proved his quality as a coach. » With technically sophisticated and dominant football, we want to continue to work in the future and strive for the highest goals in the German Championships, the German Cup and the Champions League. «
The football world today welcomed the news that Erik Ten Hag will be the new head coach of German first -team player Bayer Leverkusen. Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFP
Ten Hag himself is looking forward to a new challenge in Leverkusn and Bundesliga. “Bayer is one of the best clubs in Germany and also belongs to the wider European summit. The club offers exceptional conditions, and talks with those responsible have made a big impression on me, « said the Dutch strategist. “I came to Leverkusen to confirm the ambitions that have grown in recent years. I look forward to building something together and I’m sure we will develop an ambitious team. «
The way from Amsterdam via Manchester to Leverkusen
Erik Ten Hag brings with it a rich coaching history. Before the period in Manchester, where he won the English League Cup in 2023 and in 2024 the FA Cup, and took the team in his first season to third place in English, and the FA Finals, Ten Hag wrote history with Ajax. He won three national championship titles and two Netherlands Cups with the giants from Amsterdam, and in the 2018/19 season he led them to the Champions League semi -finals, where they dramatically dropped to Tottenham.
His coaching career began in the role of a head coach in the Netherlands, running Utrecht, playing in the Dutch Cup final and securing a place in European competitions, as well as working on a reserve team from Munich Bayern between 2013 and 2015, where he won the Bavarian Regional League title.
The greatest success of the Dutch on the Manchester United bench was the FA Cup in the 2023/24 season. Photo: Hannah McKay/Reuters
His time at Manchester United ended 28 last year, when he was fired after a worse start to the season, despite the club activating a one -year renewal of his contract in the summer before the season.
Continuing the winning mindset
Ten Hag thus steps into the big shoes of Xbia Alons, under which Leverkusen experienced a dream period. The task of the Dutch will be built on these foundations and maintaining a winning mindset in a team that will face the challenges on three fronts. His first official match on the « pharmacist » bench will be in the first round of the German Cup, which will be held between 15 and 18, August, and a week later the new German Championship season begins.
