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Erik ten Hag has been sacked by Bayer Leverkusen in a humiliating twist for the previous Manchester United supervisor, Fabrizio Romano reveals.
Ten Hag’s dangerous luck continues
Ten Hag was dismissed by INEOS final October following a 2-1 defeat to West Ham which left United stranded 14th within the Premier League desk.
The Dutchman was changed by Sporting CP supervisor Ruben Amorim, who took over the helm at Previous Trafford just a few weeks later, with Ruud van Nistelrooy performing as interim supervisor in between.
Amorim endured a torrid debut marketing campaign in England, nonetheless, failing to enhance his new facet from the place Ten Hag left them because the Purple Devils limped to a dismal Fifteenth-place end and their worst season within the Premier League period.
Ten Hag’s tenure as United’s boss was a weird one given the success he loved in his first yr in Manchester, overseeing a snug return to the Champions League after ending third and profitable the Carabao Cup – the membership’s first trophy in six years.
However the place the 2022/23 marketing campaign was a roaring success, the next season was a catastrophe with a mix of an unrelenting damage record and Ten Hag’s terrible techniques leaving United in eighth.
The FA Cup proved the straw which saved the camel’s again, nonetheless, as United triumphed at Wembley over rivals Manchester Metropolis to win the ultimate 2-1 with a improbable crew efficiency.
This victory was important to INEOS’ eventual option to preserve Ten Hag in place with a one-year contract extension after plenty of potential replacements, together with Amorim, have been explored.
The 55-year-old supervisor was then backed closely within the switch market with over £200 million spent – however it proved an unwise choice as INEOS reversed their choice simply 5 months later, shortly resulting in the appointment of Amorim.
Ten Hag took the remainder of the yr to contemplate his subsequent possibility with a return to Ajax mooted in addition to the prospect of taking up at Borussia Dortmund.
However, earlier this summer season, it was a unique German facet who moved for the Dutchman, with Leverkusen appointing him to switch Xabi Alonso, who left to hitch Actual Madrid.
Nonetheless, with the 2025/26 season nonetheless in its infancy, Die Werkself have taken the extraordinary choice to alleviate Ten Hag of his duties, with simply three video games gone.
Sacked within the morning
Romano reveals Ten hag has been “sacked by Bayer Leverkusen” with the choice made by the membership’s hierarchy this morning.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Erik ten Hag has simply been SACKED by Bayer Leverkusen.
Determination made by the membership’s hierarchy this morning and supervisor knowledgeable proper now. pic.twitter.com/WjraNnhntA
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 1, 2025
Tweet: “EXCLUSIVE: Erik ten Hag has simply been SACKED by Bayer Leverkusen. Determination made by the membership’s hierarchy this morning and supervisor knowledgeable proper now.”
Leverkusen are at present twelfth within the Bundesliga after two video games, having misplaced the season opener towards Hoffenheim and drawn towards Werder Bremen within the dying moments on Sunday, regardless of Bremen being right down to 10 males.
However there have been considered deeper issues behind the scenes between the supervisor and the chief department over the footballing identification, or lack thereof, he was trying to instil.
And this clearly reached a crescendo after final weekend’s disappointing consequence and efficiency with Leverkusen losing no time in matching a call INEOS reached final yr.
Ten Hag joins the opposite ex-United managers who’ve misplaced their jobs within the final week after each Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho have been sacked – by Besiktas and Fenerbahce – displaying the curse which has engulfed Previous Trafford up to now decade will not be a simple one to flee.
Featured picture Octavio Passos through Getty Photos
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