{"id":35010,"date":"2025-10-26T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=35010"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:50:23","slug":"leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverkusen chief admits club went &#8216;wrong direction&#8217; under Ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"246\">Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under former coach Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> best online pharmacy with fast delivery <a href=\"https:\/\/allpurebh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/html\/mounjaro-for-sale.html\">buy mounjaro online<\/a> with the lowest prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"388\">The ex-Manchester United manager was sacked after just two Bundesliga games \u2014 the shortest stint before a dismissal in league history.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> best online pharmacy with fast delivery <a href=\"https:\/\/allpurebh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/html\/zyban-for-sale.html\">buy zyban online<\/a> with the lowest prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"468\">Speaking to reporters, Rolfes said the decision, while tough, was necessary.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"636\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"636\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u201cIf you have the feeling that you\u2019re going in the wrong direction, you shouldn\u2019t wait until you get there,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it\u2019s not a good fit, it\u2019s better to split.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under former coach Erik ten Hag. best online pharmacy with fast delivery buy mounjaro online with the lowest prices today in the USA The ex-Manchester United manager was sacked after just two Bundesliga games \u2014 the shortest stint before a dismissal in league history. best online pharmacy with fast delivery buy zyban online with the lowest prices today in the USA Speaking to reporters, Rolfes said the decision, while tough, was necessary. \u201cIf you have the feeling that you\u2019re going in the wrong direction, you shouldn\u2019t wait until you get there,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it\u2019s not a good fit, it\u2019s better to split.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leverkusen chief admits club went &#039;wrong direction&#039; under Ten Hag - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under Erik ten Hag.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leverkusen chief admits club went &#039;wrong direction&#039; under Ten Hag - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under Erik ten Hag.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-26T18:32:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-11T15:50:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Leverkusen chief admits club went &#8216;wrong direction&#8217; under Ten Hag\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-26T18:32:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-11T15:50:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\"},\"wordCount\":134,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Football\",\"Football News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\",\"name\":\"Leverkusen chief admits club went 'wrong direction' under Ten Hag - Matchplug Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-26T18:32:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-11T15:50:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under Erik ten Hag.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leverkusen chief admits club went &#8216;wrong direction&#8217; under Ten Hag\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"description\":\"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"width\":389,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"Matchplug Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leverkusen chief admits club went 'wrong direction' under Ten Hag - Matchplug Blog","description":"Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under Erik ten Hag.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leverkusen chief admits club went 'wrong direction' under Ten Hag - Matchplug Blog","og_description":"Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under Erik ten Hag.","og_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/","og_site_name":"Matchplug Blog","article_published_time":"2025-10-26T18:32:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-11T15:50:23+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Leverkusen chief admits club went &#8216;wrong direction&#8217; under Ten Hag","datePublished":"2025-10-26T18:32:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-11T15:50:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/"},"wordCount":134,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Football","Football News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/","name":"Leverkusen chief admits club went 'wrong direction' under Ten Hag - Matchplug Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-26T18:32:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-11T15:50:23+00:00","description":"Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted the club quickly realised things were going the \u201cwrong direction\u201d under Erik ten Hag.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/leverkusen-chief-admits-club-went-wrong-direction-under-ten-hag\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leverkusen chief admits club went &#8216;wrong direction&#8217; under Ten Hag"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","name":"Matchplug Blog","description":"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Matchplug Blog","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","width":389,"height":218,"caption":"Matchplug Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35515,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35010\/revisions\/35515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}