Leverkusen appoint Hjulmand as Ten Hag replacement

Bayer Leverkusen connected Monday appointed Dane Kasper Hjulmand arsenic coach, replacing Erik 10 Hag, who was fired aft conscionable 2 league games successful charge.

The erstwhile Denmark manager has been appointed connected a declaration until 2027.

“It is an honour to beryllium entrusted with specified a team”, Hjulmand said successful a statement, adding: “I’m motivated to signifier the aboriginal of the club.”

The assignment ends a chaotic fortnight for Leverkusen, who sacked erstwhile Manchester United manager Ten Hag connected September 1, conscionable 2 games into the Bundesliga season.

Ten Hag replaced Xabi Alonso, who took Leverkusen to an unbeaten league and cupful treble successful 2023-24 — the club’s first-ever Bundesliga rubric — earlier moving to Real Madrid successful the summer.

Leverkusen sporting manager Simon Rolfes admitted to an mistake successful hiring Ten Hag but said letting him proceed would person been “an adjacent bigger mistake.”

Runners-up past season, Leverkusen collected conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 2 matches.

Ten Hag deed backmost successful a statement, calling the sacking “unprecedented” and “a implicit surprise”.

Hjulmand is expected to beryllium connected the seat for Leverkusen’s location lucifer against Eintracht Frankfurt connected Friday.

Hjulmand emerged arsenic 1 of respective candidates to instrumentality implicit the vacant position, alongside one-time Barcelona manager and subordinate Xavi, erstwhile Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou and Raul, the Spain striker who precocious coached Real Madrid’s 2nd team.

The 53-year-old resigned arsenic Denmark manager successful July 2024, having taken the broadside to the semi-finals of the Euros successful 2021 wherever they narrowly mislaid to England. He besides took Denmark to the past 16 of Euro 2024, wherever they were eliminated by hosts Germany.

Rolfes said Monday the caller manager would “set up a wide and ascendant benignant of play with our team” and volition “strive for the astir ambitious nationalist and planetary goals.”

The manager took Nordsjaelland to their archetypal and lone Danish rubric successful 2011-12.

Hjulmand has acquisition successful Germany, having coached Bundesliga broadside Mainz for conscionable nether 1 play successful 2014-15, but was sacked aft a tally of 1 triumph successful 13 games.

After Friday’s lucifer against Frankfurt, Leverkusen footwear disconnected their Champions League run with a travel to Danish champions Copenhagen.

AFP

The station Leverkusen name Hjulmand arsenic Ten Hag replacement appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.