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There is nothing Ten Hag can do to stop those players from leaving, because they have already made up their minds and have a new deal. However, they might not listen to him because they don't have confidence in him.
The players knows what he did to United and might feel that the same thing will replicate itself in Leverkusen. Ten Hag can get a player of his choice which is the dream of every coach.
We don't know that, so we can't completely deny him of not having the ability to make some players stay even after they might have thought of leaving. I have watched interviews where players gives the testament about how a certain coach made him to stay in the club even when he has decided to leave.
Ten Hag may have had a bad time at Manchester United but that doesn't make it a certainty that similar faith could catch up with him at Leverkusen. He can turn the tide and change a lot of things with the club if only he can start now to take bold steps in making the right decisions with his team.