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Erik ten Hag, the former Manchester United and Ajax coach, has been announced as Xabi Alonso’s replacement at Bayer Leverkusen.
Following Alonso’s departure to Real Madrid, with the Basque set to be unveiled on Monday, Leverkusen, who finished second in the Bundesliga this season, have alighted on the Dutchman sacked by United in October.
Ten Hag, 55, has signed a contract that ties him to Leverkusen until 2027, having previously worked in German football as a coach at Bayern Munich.
Winner of three Eredivisie titles after becoming Ajax coach in 2017, taking the Dutch club to the semi-finals of the 2018-19 Champions League, he became United coach in 2022. After winning the League Cup and finishing third in his first season, his team’s performances lapsed the following season, and despite United winning the FA Cup in 2024, he was sacked in October as Premier League performances descended yet further.
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Alonso led Bayer to the 2023-24 Bundesliga title, unbeaten all season in the league to collect the club’s first, alongside a German Cup, with only Atalanta in the Europa League final preventing a treble. This season, Bayern Munich were able to reclaim their title but Alonso leaves a considerable legacy, and Ten Hag will inherit a squad shorn of Liverpool-bound Jeremie Frimpong, and likely Florian Wirtz, the Germany midfielder heavily linked with his own move to Liverpool over the weekend.
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