Former Manchester United brag Erik 10 Hag has signed a two-year declaration to win Xabi Alonso arsenic caput manager of German nine Bayer Leverkusen.
It is the archetypal managerial relation that Ten Hag, 55, has taken since his departure from United successful October.
Alonso was confirmed arsenic the caller brag of Spanish giants Real Madrid connected Sunday.
Ten Hag won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup during a spell of conscionable implicit 2 years successful complaint astatine Old Trafford, but was dismissed with United 14th successful the Premier League.
The Dutchman had enjoyed anterior occurrence with Ajax earlier joining United successful 2022.
Leverkusen sporting manager Simon Rolfes said:, external "With Erik 10 Hag, we person brought successful an experienced manager with awesome occurrence connected the pitch.
"With 3 league titles and 2 home cupful wins, helium and Ajax dominated Dutch shot from 2018 to 2022.
"And Erik demonstrated his prime arsenic a manager with the ensuing occurrence astatine Manchester United nether hard circumstances astatine times."
Under erstwhile Liverpool midfielder Alonso, Leverkusen won a league and cupful treble successful 2023-24.
They finished 2nd successful the Bundesliga this season, 13 points down champions Bayern Munich.
Ten Hag, who volition officially commencement his caller relation connected 1 July, said Leverkusen are "one of the champion clubs successful Germany and besides among the apical clubs successful Europe".
He added: "I've travel to Leverkusen to proceed with the ambition shown successful caller years. It's an charismatic situation to acceptable up thing unneurotic successful this play of alteration and make an ambitious team."
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