With pressure does not have to live Leverkusen coach Heiko Herrlich only since the 1:2 in Frankfurt last Sunday. He can feel him in months. Because before the Start of the Bundesliga season, Werner Wenning, a major shareholder of Bayer Leverkusen announced: “We want to be in the Champions League. I say this also in the direction of Heiko Herrlich. And since the dream of a title…“

Shortly before the winter break is a huge Gulf between desire and reality is now.

After the defeat at Concord on the 15. Round is not Bayer with 18 points in the table eleventh, for the past 13 years, the club stood at this time so bad. Against all the teams from the Top Six, there were defeats. Playful Leverkusen’s performances, despite a collection of Talent is disappointing. If Kai Havertz or Julian Brandt – the promising young Bayer-players are not making any progress. The team is a lack of structure, the game idea and the Balance. On a good day, Bayer can win high, bad just as high lose. And with a squad whose market value is estimated to be approximately 400 million euros. “We have much, much to a few points, as all agree,” said goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.

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All of this is, of course, the responsibility of the Coach. That is why, Wonderfully, in the summer of 2017 by the then second division-promoted Jahn Regensburg came to Leverkusen, strong, down for the count. In order not to be before the winter break, dismissed, would have to deliver the 47-Year-old this Wednesday at Schalke (Saturday, 18.30) and on Saturday at home against Hertha (15.30) two victories.

Allegedly Leverkusen has contacted Peter Bosz

According to information of “Kicker” have taken the leaders to potential followers contact. For the Dutchman, Peter Bosz, wanted to commit the Leverkusen 2017 rather than Gorgeous. You didn’t get him but because he was at the time, the Dortmund stealing – and in December released. A second candidate will be Marco Rose from RB Salzburg.

As a Gorgeous one and a half years in Leverkusen started, he seemed to be the right coach for the Leverkusen pros had almost three years with the difficult system coach Roger Schmidt. The human nature of believers in Christ Wonderfully came anyway, first of all, well in the pros. They also played a strong season and were long on Champions League course. Then the problems started. Due to a power collapse in the final sprint, Bayer dropped behind Dortmund in fifth place, so that finally, only the participation in the Europa League jumped out. Already at that time a club broke out Reportedly after internal disagreement to the Coach, which ultimately led to the announced farewell to sports Director Jonas Boldt.

a Lot of talent could go in the summer

The 36-Year-old doubted early on Glorious, because he did not believe that this would have the stuff to develop the team. Boldt pleaded therefore for a change of coach in the summer. The sports Board to Rudi Völler, however, to Glorious. And departed not from him, as Leverkusen got off to a very bad start to the season. But the past is the past.

As the situation has further exacerbated the question in Leverkusen, meanwhile, whether, but rather when Bayer says goodbye to Gorgeous. It comes to the future of the team. It should go further down, would look around, many of the young, gifted by Clubs, which will give you better sporting prospects offered.

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Tax is a separation of to be beautiful would be for the club. His contract only runs until the end of the season. Automatically he would extend only if the former top scorer with Leverkusen would be in the Champions League, so at least the fourth rank occupied. Between desire and reality, ten points are currently.