Ten Hag Issues At Leverkusen Laid Bare As New Details Emerge

Erik ten Hag reportedly didn’t get along with anyone, including his own staff prior to being cruelly fired as coach of Bayer Leverkusen last week.

Leverkusen Sack Ten Hag After Just Three Matches

After just three games in charge, the former Manchester United manager was astonished to learn that he had been fired by the Bundesliga team in “unprecedented” way.

In June, Leverkusen offered him a two-year contract to replace Xabi Alonso, who was heading to Real Madrid, but he failed to win both of his league games.

Ten Hag’s team blew a 3-1 lead against Werder Bremen over the weekend after losing to Hoffenheim 2-1 on the first day.

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‘The past few weeks have proved that building a new and successful team with this structure is not conceivable,’ club officials said after the game, ending the Dutchman’s reign.

Although the football community was shocked to learn of his termination, fresh information regarding his time in Germany shows that club officials were probably not as shocked.

BILD claims that Ten Hag and the Leverkusen management had been at odds over the sale of Granit Xhaka in July.

The former Ajax manager is said to have left both players and staff perplexed by his training sessions and strategies as the Bundesliga season approached.

The Dutchman Failed To Maintain Healthy Relationship With Players And Staff

According to the Daily Mail, Ten Hag was unable to effectively communicate instructions to his players, cultivate a rapport with his staff, or maintain team engagement throughout training.

The players wondered why the 55-year-old insisted on getting them doing press-ups. In fact, under Ten Hag’s brief stint, press-ups were reportedly just as crucial as passing and running.

The players were also perplexed when their new manager chose not to address the team in the dressing room before their season-opening match against Hoffenheim at the BayArena.

Staff at Leverkusen are wondering if Ten Hag is the worst manager the club have hired in the past 20 years because of his odd choices, coming from a manager who had such success during his four years at Ajax.