Ten Hag have had experience in this league before so there's chances that he could do well, I'm not going to conclude until I see how Leverkusen would perform in their first 5-10 games until then Dortmund are the only team I feel can challenge Bayern Munich even though I doubt if any team would take away their dominance like Leverkusen did when Alonso was there. Well with the squad Xabi left for Ten Hag getting into the Champions league shouldn't be a big deal.
First of all, Xabi Alonso exited for Real Madrid, don't blame him because that offer was very tempting and he couldn't resists it. Bayer Leverkusen should be grateful to Xabi Alonso for putting smiles on their faces and also makinf them stand out. Bayer Leverkusen trigger the sell clause of most of their outstanding players, we know how difficult it's been for a club like Bayer Leverkusen to trigger the sell clause of their essential players this summer. Therefore they're left with quite few numbers, this is so not happening and wouldn't have been in era of Erik Ten Hag who's optimistic on making new plans for himself and write a new chapter in his managerial space. Erik Ten Hag is made headcoach, expect more thrilling features from the new Bayer Leverkusen manager next season. He's always been a competent manager, lifting trophies is his ambition and meeting up will be his priority.