Who follows Ten Hag?
Ex-national coach is apparently candidate in Leverkusen
07.09.2025 – 8:57 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After only two match days, Erik Ten Hag had to go to Bayer Leverkusen. The runner -up wants to present his successor at the beginning of the week. Will it be a Dane?
Bayer Leverkusen apparently also came across Kasper Hjulmand in the search for a new head coach. As the “kicker” reports, the Dane is a candidate at the “Werkelf”. The “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” also reports of the Leverkusen interest in the 53-year-old.
Hjulmand is currently without a job, was a coach of the Denmark national team from 2020 to 2024, led the Northern Europeans to the semi -finals at the European Championships in 2021, where they narrowly failed due to England. At the 2022 World Cup, this followed in the group phase, at the European Championship in Germany last year was in the round of 16.
Hjulmand stands for offensive and ball -owned football. A playing style that Leverkusen manager Simon Rolfes wants to see at his club and who also awarded the “Werkelf” under ex-coach Xabi Alonso.
In addition to Hjulmand, Marco Rose (most recently RB Leipzig) and Poseteclou (most recently Tottenham) were associated with Bayer. Fernando Carro, Leverkusen’s chairman of the management, had said yesterday on Magentasport about the coaching search: “We are working hard on it. I hope that we can announce something next week.”
He described the coaching profile as follows: “Of course we need coaches who can lead, give clarity and orientation that have content,” said Carro: “In any case, these are characteristics that the new trainer should have.”
If the choice falls on Hjulmand, the Dane would not have much time before his first game. Because Eintracht Frankfurt will be a guest next Friday. A team that was able to win the first two Bundesliga match days and will travel to Leverkusen with a lot of confidence.