It only took two months and two league games for German giants Bayer Leverkusen to realise that Dutch manager Erik ten Hag was not the right man to take over the success created by Xabi Alonso.
While Alonso has his hands full at Real Madrid, Erik ten Hag goes back in the vacancy queue. Danish Kasper Hjulmand, who was quite ok as national team manager for Denmark after Per-Mathias Høgmo, is a bit surprising back in the Bundesliga. Hjulmand’s tenure as manager of Mainz was a tragedy. We believe and hope for Leverkusen’s sake the 53-year-old has learned.
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Sports director Simon Rolfes is pleased, which he says in his own media channels. “We are very happy”.
Now Leverkusen announces that Danish Kasper Hjulmand will take over as the new head coach with a contract that lasts until the summer of 2027.
“We are very happy to have signed a contract with Kasper Hjulmand, whose career we have followed closely for a long time”
Leverkusen said goodbye to head coach Xabi Alonso after last season. Several stars such as Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz have also left the club. Currently, the club is in twelfth place with one point after two rounds in the Bundesliga.
Hjulmand last led Denmark’s national team between 2020 and 2024. He has also coached Mainz, Lyngby and North Zealand.
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