Erik ten Hag appeals for 'four to five new players' in order to rebuild Bayer Leverkusen. Newly appointed head coach Erik ten Hag runs a summer training session. He clearly stated that he cannot make do with a 24-man squad heading into the new Bundesliga campaign, as the summer wave of departures leaves Leverkusen ill-equipped to finish in the top-four. Some forthcoming transfers might further slash his personnel pool. Lukas Hradecky's soon-to-be-finalized move to Monaco and the possibility that attacker Amine Adli might depart could leave ten Hag with just 22 professionals to build matchday squads. Knowing full well that his rebuilding project won’t be easy, ten Hag let it be known what he needed from club management. 'One can’t prevent players from leaving in top-level football,' ten Hag noted after a Saturday friendly at Leverkusen's training camp in Rio de Janeiro. 'All of us are facing a challenge,' he continued. 'We will have to build a new era.' The team, the coaching staff, and everyone involved, right up to the board, will have to work together. 'Four to five players still need to be added in order to achieve our goal of finishing in the top four.'

Erik ten Hag appeals for four to five new players to rebuild Bayer Leverkusen

Erik ten Hag, the newly appointed head coach of Bayer Leverkusen, has called for four to five new players to rebuild the team amid player departures. He emphasized the need to address a 24-man squad deficit caused by summer transfers, including potential exits of Lukas Hradecky and Amine Adli, to aim for a top-four Bundesliga finish.