If Eric Ten Hag was a good coach I wouldn't bother about any players leaving the team. But this is a man who gambles every game leaving the entire work to the players discretion and when he looses he makes excuses. To me, Bundesliga this season does not concern Bayern Leverkusen in any way. Allowing Xabi Alonso to leave was a big mistake on the management side even though I suspect that Xabi Alonso saw the team collapse and wouldn't want to destroy the reputation he has built for himself; and no one rejects offer from Real Madrid anyway. Loosing by 5 goals to 1 against flamingo was a good indicator of what is to come and that was his first game.
More players might possibly leave by January when they can't cope with his style of play. Anyways, the good thing about him is his trophy mindset, he will always find his way around it and I give it up for him.
You are absolutely right, I think the same as you, although of course the preseason is something that is used so that the players can test themselves, however your analysis as you say is very true and that is something like what I think, now Leverkusen has to be very attentive, I honestly wouldn't put my hopes too much in ETH, if things go very badly for them it is true what you say, the Leverkusen players will leave without a murmur, nobody wants to be in a team that doesn't win anything.
Borussia Dortmund has built up a good squad depth that's capable of challenging Bayern Munich for the German Bundesliga title every season, but since Borussia Dortmund is in the business of selling their players for money, their performance has slowly declined, leaving them to be less of a threat to Bayern Munich in the race to win the German Bundesliga title. If Borussia Dortmund don't sell Guirassy this season, just know that it's not yet time for Borussia Dortmund to sell him.
Well, Dortmund has always done that Three seasons ago , we Saw incredible improvement In fact, they almost won the Bundesliga against a Bayern team that was truly dominating, We'll have to wait and see how they continue to develop.
Honestly speaking Erik Ten Hang is never the man for that job they could have look for a more experience coach than Erik Ten Hang, if I was to be Xabi Alonso I will also leave the team for Real Madrid, and despite some key players leaving the team with an experience coach they can still be a title contenders but I doubt if Erik Ten Hang can accomplish that, and it's quite unfortunate Bayern Leverkusen are just starting their journey of victory and now it's almost coming to an end with a blink of an eye, it's a pity, the best thing they can do is to look for a better coach more capable of Erik Ten Hang to manage that team or else they are doomed.