LFC interest confirmed to Wirtz
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Unusual winning mentality as a legacy, rebuild as a task: Erik Ten HAG comes in huge footsteps at Bayer Leverkusen and is supposed to write “a new story”. For this order formulated by sports director Simon Rolfes, the new trainer and successor to the form of light from Xabi Alonso received a largely converted squad at Werkelf that fits the philosophy of the Dutchman.
“I want to win, but in a certain way. With dominant and attractive football,” Ten Hag clarified on Monday as a new Bayer coach. This approach does not differ significantly from that of his predecessor, which has now been officially presented at Real Madrid as head coach.
However, after Alonso, Leverkusen will also leave some other corset rods of the past two and a half years. Defense chief Jonathan Tah (29) is about a transfer -free move to FC Bayern. The future of striker Victor Boniface (24) and the left rail player Alejandro Grimaldo (29) is open. The right wing racer Jeremie Frimpong (24) should switch to Liverpool FC. The same applies to one of the most sought -after players in Europe: Florian Wirtz (22).
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“This is certainly a super player, I looked at him with a lot of joy,” reported Ten Hag. It is no coincidence that the 55-year-old spoke in the past form. “There is certainly a lot of interest in him,” confirmed Rolfes. “And it is clear that there is a concrete interest of Liverpool.”
Rolfes should take over 200 million euros for cornerstones of the 2023/24 Doubles season. This is intended to shape a squad that is supposed to attack again in the coming season after the expired and for Bayer Titellos season. “Winning the title is what drives us again and again,” said Rolfes, who was important to present a successor to Alonso quickly: “It was important for the organization of the new team.”
For the former success coach of Ajax Amsterdam, which later did not really be happy in the difficult environment at Manchester United by October 2024 in a good two years, the upheaval is equally at risk and chance. In the same way, the Bayer subsidiary will not spill on the transfer market, but it is necessary to replace large skills to replace players such as tah and wit. “I have a picture of a squad, but not yet in detail,” said Ten Hag, who once trained the second team of FC Bayern.
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However, he repeatedly emphasized that what ten HAG can build on is a change in mentality in the club. The former “Vicecus” image was stored under Alonso. “This association has taken an incredible step in recent years to win and win titles,” he said. “I feel this winning mentality everywhere in the club.”
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In the next two years he will build on this legacy of Alonsos. His contract, which he signed on Monday, will run by 2027. HAG proved that he can win titles, especially in Amsterdam. From 2017 to 2022 he was three times the Dutch champion and twice the cup winner.
And even in Manchester, where he was constantly criticized and was finally opened in October 2024, he won both the FA Cup and the league cup. “Of course not everything was great. But that’s a thing of the past and now I want to build something new with energy,” said the Alonso successor.