I never understood why Bayer Leverkusen brought in Ten Hag as head coach so quickly. In my opinion, he was a failure and I don’t know what logic led Leverkusen to move so fast, but it came at a heavy cost because now they’ve sacked him and will have to pay compensation.
It was the right decision to dismiss him early, as he wasn’t going to bring any benefit to the team anyway.
Now he should go and coach a mid-level club, because he doesn’t have the talent or knowledge to manage a big club.
Erik Ten Hag had a bad time in Manchester United but was successful in Ajax, where he led the club to win three Eredivisie titles and reached the Champions League semi-finals. There are reports that his performance alone in Bayer Leverkusen was not the reason why he was sacked. He fell out with the club management regarding player signings and the future direction of the club.
The club management shouldn't have expected immediate position results after they sold Florian Wirtz, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, and Granit Xhaka, and Jonathan Tah without worthy replacements. He should have been given some time to build the club. Some successful coaches were given more than one season to get it right in their clubs.
Players are sold when the right time comes and their value is high, and that’s exactly what Bayer Leverkusen did.
At Manchester United, I think he was given enough time, yet he achieved nothing. The Leverkusen board most likely thought he wouldn’t be able to do anything here either, which is why they sacked him.
In the Eredivisie, there are basically only two big clubs: Ajax and PSV.
It’s completely natural for one of these two to win the league and dominate it.