Bayer Leverkusen close to deal with former Denmark manager | OneFootball

After the “lightning” dismissal of Erik Ten Hag last Monday, Bayer Leverkusen has lined up a deal with a new coach. The 53-year-old Dane, Kasper Hjulmand, is expected to take over the German team. Without a club since July 2024, his last job was with the Danish national team, which he led for four years. The information comes from the German newspaper BILD.

The newspaper reports that Hjulmand will sign a contract until June 2027. The expectation is that the Dane will start coaching Bayer this Wednesday, already with the players called up during this FIFA Date.

More than a year without a club, Hjulmand's last match as a coach was on June 29, 2024, when he saw Denmark lose 2-0 to Germany in the round of 16 of the Euro Cup. The coach resigned after the tournament.

The forecast is that Hjulmand will debut for Bayer Leverkusen this Friday, when the team hosts Eintracht Frankfurt at 3:30 PM (Brasília time), for the third round of the German Championship. The club has not yet won in the Bundesliga, with one draw and one loss in the first two matches.

Who is Kasper Hjulmand?

Hjulmand made his career in Danish football, with only one stint outside his home country. He started in 2006 at the modest Lyngby, bringing the team back to the top tier of local football. In 2008, he became the assistant coach of Nordsjaelland and, three years later, took over the team.

In his debut season in 2011, he won his only title in his career: the Danish Championship, which secured Nordsjaelland's first participation in the Champions League. Keeping the team competitive in the following seasons, he was hired by Mainz-GER in 2014.

Fired after just 24 games, he returned to coaching in 2016, once again at Nordsjaelland. In his three seasons, he made the team competitive again, even without winning titles, and took on a managerial role in 2019.

Hjulmand returned to the sidelines in 2020 when he took over the Danish national team. In his debut competition, the Euro 2021, he achieved the country's best campaign since 1992, reaching the semifinals. Despite being eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, he kept the team in the top division in all editions of the Nations League until 2024, the year he resigned after the Euro elimination.

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