Bundesliga: The new Bayer Leverkusen Boss Erik Ten Hag admits Ajax ‘was never an option’
During his first press conference as director Bayer Leverkusen, Eric ten Hague received Ajax ‘was never an option’ because the Dutchman preferred a greater adventure.
55-year ten Hagu was presented as a new Bayer Leverkusen Monday manager and talked with the printed hours after arriving in West Germany.
“I had very good conversations here,” Ten Haga said, which begins his other job in Germany after the previously managed Bayern Munich Bay between 2013. and 2015. years. “I already knew a lot about the club and Bundesliga. I think a beautiful project is to build something with good players.”
“The Premier League and Bundesliga have similarities and differences, that is clearly mean in world football. But also fairies, as they say, play 11, and finally win at 11, and they win.”
Ajax
Ten hags became famous for impression Ajax And for the way he made his sides of playing. The Dutchmanian did not think about whether that the same style implements in Leverkusen, however. “You can take the basic principles, but German football and bayer have their own identity. You can’t simply take a different style.”
The ten Hague was the main candidate for the Free Job Ajax and even talked to the club, but he rejected them as he preferred the “real project”. “I still have a very good relationship with many people on Ajax. I was disappointed in recent years on Ajax, but I left Ajax to go to international.”
“We scored so much with Ajax, but I don’t want to look back at this point; I want to look forward” The Dutchman continued. “Which is no longer important in the past. I want ajax all the best, it’s a great club, I hope they have all the success and I’m sure they will because they have a great academy and sports philosophy.
“But for me, it wasn’t the right time, and because I was in advanced talks here with Leverkusen. There was never an option.”
‘In the past’
When ten Haga asked what would take with him from his Manchester United Dana, experienced trainer responded briefly: “It’s in the past. I was a manager for more than ten years. I look into the future and build something new with all energy.”