Well, that was quick.
Bayer Leverkusen has made the decision to part ways with head coach Erik ten Hag after just two Bundesliga games (a loss to Hoffenheim and a draw with Werder Bremen).
Bayer Leverkusen issued an official statement through its website:
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have parted ways with head coach Erik ten Hag. This was decided by the shareholders’ committee, the club’s supervisory body, on the recommendation of the management of Bayer 04. Training will be overseen by the current backroom
staff on an interim basis. Simon Rolfes, managing director sport: “This decision was not an easy one for us. Nobody wanted to take this step. However, the past few weeks have shown that building a new and successful team with this setup is not feasible. We firmly believe in the quality of our team and will now do everything we can to take the next steps in our development with a new setup.”
Fernando Carro, CEO: “A parting of ways at this early stage of the season is painful, but we felt it was necessary. We remain committed to achieving our goals for the season – and to do that, we need the best possible conditions at all levels and across the entire first team. Now it’s a matter of fully implementing and utilising these conditions again.”
Bayern Munich’s transfer window has been wild and the team has some, well, gaps. How can things all come together?
Let’s explore what has been happening, where things might be going, and why not everything has looked great so far on this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works Show:
- Fans are frustrated, but it is not time to panic. There are reasons for the issues we are seeing.
- How does Bayern Munich end up in these transfer situations? Nicolas Jackson-to-Bayern Munich became a complete mess.
- Bayern tried to get Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman.
- There seems to be heat in the Bayern offices and it seems to be wearing on Max Eberl.
- Have we already seen the best of Aleksandar Pavlović?
- Erik ten Hag on the hot seat?
