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Quote from: Slow death on July 22, 2025, 09:22:29 PM

The season hasn't started yet and he may have started making statements to the press early. I hope it's not the same as when he was at Manchester United, where he started with losses in friendlies and then came his interviews in which he complained about players and the relationship with the players became terrible, then he made terrible signings.

Now at Leverkusen, he already had a defeat in which he conceded 5 goals in the friendly match. In 5 days, he will have another friendly match against Bochum, who were recently relegated from the Bundesliga. If he loses, it will be terrible for him.

Getting flogged by Flamengo U21 a few days ago was just a prelude of what is to come. Xhaka knows Leverkusen is finished with ETH at the club, and that's why he wants out before it's too late. Another thing is that he's not fighting to move to a bigger club, as most players would do. He's fighting to go to Sunderland, which Leverkusen is obviously bigger than. That tells me he's desperate about leaving and does not want to stick around when the ship starts sinking.

Bayer Leverkusen can still surprise everyone when the league begins their loss against Flamengo U21 should not be a criteria for fans to discredit ETH or see his team like hey are not going to do well next season. Xhaka has made his intentions know but from the look of things he is not making the right choice because leaving a bigger team with a better offer to join a small team doesn't show that he is a good player he's just looking for a team to play. Leverkusen will not sink next season nobody should be scared Ten Hag will do his magic people should believe in him.

We all know it is too early to judge Erik ten Hag’s performance at Bayer Leverkusen, but still, I don’t want us to forget his performance at Manchester United, which is the same thing that I am afraid of happening at Bayer Leverkusen. We all know how it started, and we kept giving him more time to see if there would be changes, but it just kept getting worse than before. Although I won’t compare the pressure in both leagues, because it’s different, I still don’t have much hope in Erik to do better.

Furthermore, talking about Xhaka leaving Bayer Leverkusen for Sunderland, it is because he wants to join the Premier League, which, to me, is a nice decision. This will be more challenging for him, and it will make him better than staying in the Bundesliga.