Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been sacked just three games into his new role at Bayer Leverkusen.
Ten Hag began his tenure at Leverkusen with a 4-0 win over fourth-tier side Sonnenhof Grossaspach in the DFB Pokal.
However, the Dutchman suffered a 2-1 defeat by Hoffenheim in his first Bundesliga game in charge before surrendering a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 with ten-man Werder Bremen on Saturday.
And Leverkusen have now taken the drastic decision to pull the plug on Ten Hag’s time in charge, just 62 days after he replaced Xabi Alonso in the hot seat.
Announcing the decision, the club said: ‘Bayer 04 has parted ways with head coach Erik ten Hag with immediate effect. The assistant coaching staff will temporarily take over training duties.’
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Managing director Simon Rolfes added: ‘This decision was not an easy one for us. Nobody wanted to take this step.
‘However, the past few weeks have shown that building a new and successful team with this setup is not feasible. We firmly believe in the quality of our team and will now do everything we can to take the next steps in our development with a new setup.’
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