Overview

• Bayer Leverkusen dismissed Erik ten Hag in early September and is targeting an appointment early this week.
• Multiple outlets, including AFP, report Kasper Hjulmand as the leading candidate for the head coach role.
• BILD reports a Saturday meeting at the Hyatt Düsseldorf between Hjulmand and sporting director Simon Rolfes.
• Final agreement has not been reached, with media citing the need to end Hjulmand’s consultancy contract with Denmark’s FA.
• The former Denmark coach is known for possession play and a three-man defence, while Ange Postecoglou and others have been linked as ten Hag’s ex-assistants handle training before Friday’s match against Eintracht Frankfurt.