Leverkusen, Germany – Omo, e don happen! Erik ten Hag wey just land for Bayer Leverkusen don pack him load sharp-sharp for less than two months. Na so dem give am exit wey dey hot, after e manage just two Bundesliga matches! You fit imagine say after 62 days for the job, na wetin dem dey call ‘Erik Ten Weeks’ now. Na wah!
As e be, Ten Hag wey replace the popular Xabi Alonso wey carry dem lead to the title last season, no fit take am easy this time. E don try win just one competitive match – correct only one German Cup tie against some fourth-division boys. Na wah!
No be say di team no fit follow am, but e get plenty ‘gobe’ wey surround am. For instance, di coach first try change di friendly match against Flamengo U20 team for Brazil fly-by-night. E change am to four days earlier, and dem carry wahala come chop dem 5-1. E be like say dem no sabi wetin dey happen.
Plus, him make noise say Granit Xhaka dey too much for di team, but na dem dey say if correct offer come, he fit waka go Sunderland wey no wan hear word. Wetin dey vex people be say Ten Hag dey expose players for lack of fitness when na him and him crew dey manage di pre-season preparation. Na serious wahala for ground!
Fans don dey talk say Ten Hag lack di ginger to run am for such big team, as e dey struggle to convince players about him plan. Rumor get am say before di opening match against Hoffenheim, e no even ginger dem with pre-match talk. I no fit help but wonder if di players even know wha di coach dey think sef.
Di crisis wey dey unfold for Leverkusen no be small matter. Captain Robert Andrich don don vex say players dey run around like say na World Cup dem dey fight for. E talk say di match against Werder Bremen wey dem draw 3-3 was misery for everybody. Dis kind ‘gobe’ no dey good for di team’s image at all o!
Di chairman Fernando Carro and di sporting director Simon Rolfes don dey feel di heat too. Dem argue say “parting ways early” dey painful, but na di decision dem feel say go save di season. Wetin be all dis pressure? Na wetin spoil di trust wey Ten Hag suppose get from di board, as e claim say e no feel dem loyalty at all.
Na true talk, dis management style wey dey dey for Bayer Leverkusen don dey wonder plenty observers, especially after dem do background check before dem hire am. E don raise questions as dem don sack many managers so fast.
Now, dem dey look for next person wey go fit come correct di situation for dem during di international break. Xavi from Barcelona fit be one of di options dem dey consider, plus Marco Rose wey don manage Dortmund and Leipzig before.
Like we dey talk am, di Ten Hag saga no go disappear like that. Na fast track yabo! Dem go need create plenty space for new coach to fit rebuild di structure wey go carry dem go higher. Let’s hope say dem fit find di right person dis time, if not, di cycle go continue like dis.
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